cowrie

英式音标cowrie怎么读

美式音标cowrie怎么读

cowrie词义

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n. 宝贝;玛瑙贝;货贝(从前南亚和非洲部分地区作货币用的)

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复数: cowries;

中文词源

cowrie 作为货币用贝壳

来自印度语,贝壳。


cowrie双语例句

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1. A hundred years ago you could still pay your taxes in Uganda in cowrie shells.
100年前你还能用子安贝贝壳在乌干达缴税.

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cowrie英文词源

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cowrie (n.)
small shell, used as money in parts of Asia, 1660s, from Hindi and Urdu kauri, from Mahrati kavadi, from Sanskrit kaparda, perhaps related to Tamil kotu "shell."

cowrie实用场景例句

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A hundred years ago you could still pay your taxes in Uganda in cowrie shells.
100年前你还能用子安贝贝壳在乌干达缴税.

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