yen

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n. 日元(日本货币单位), 渴望, 嗜好 vi. 渴望

发音

AU /jɛn/

词形变化

yens 复数 yenned yenning yens 三单 yens yenning 现在分词 yenned 过去式 yenned 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The unit of Japanese currency (symbol: ¥) since 1871, divided into 100 sen.

    日元

    日圆

    老日

  2. 2.

    A coin or note worth one yen.

    日圆

    日元

    老日

  3. 1.

    A strong desire, urge, or yearning.

    humankind's yen for knowledge

    She repeated the words: "You for me and me for you," then hummed: "Two for tea and tea for two …" Her voice trailed off … "All I got is a yen for Diana and my sweet little cute little Zigzag."

  4. 1.

    Opium.

    俚语 不可数
v.
  1. 1.

    To have a strong desire for.

    及物

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

hankering

上位词 3

longing yearning hungriness

部分词 1

sen
动词

同义词 4

pine ache yearn languish

上位词 3

long yearn hanker

下位词 1

die

相关短语

yen sleep yen pok yen poks yen pock yen pocks yen she yen shee 烟屎

词源

From Medhurst and Hepburn’s romanizations, under the influence of earlier Portuguese romanizations, of Japanese 圓(えん) (en, “round; a round object”) as ye or yen, now 円(えん) (en), from Chinese 銀圓 /银圆 (yínyuán, “round silver object(s), especially a piece of eight”): 銀 /银 (yín, “silver”) + 圓 /圆 (yuán, “circular, round; yuan, yen, dollar”). Cognate with Chinese 元 (yuán, “monetary unit, especially RMB”) and Korean 원 (won, “North or South Korean won”). Doublet of won and yuan.

来源：wiktionary