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美元(
. dollar
)最常见的俗称(
colloquialism)是
buck
【可能与早期鹿皮
(
buckskin
)的贸易有 关】,但严格地讲,这个词只对应
dollar
,可以用于其
它国家的同名货币。如
superb
hotel
for
a
few?buck s
。
同义词还有
bone
和
bean
。
如
You?owe me?5?bones
;
It cost me forty?beans
。
Greenback
只限于指美元钞票(
.
Federal
Reserve
Note
)【与
Federal
Reserve
Bank
Note
不同】
。
如
Having
to
pay
large
amounts
of?greenbacks?for
dwelling
refurbishments
is
frequently
not
necessarily
a
good
choice
as
a
consequence of shortage of obtainable fi nancing.?
钞票通常叫
banknote
、
bill
【还可 以指
100
美元】、
note
、
paper
currency
或
paper
money
。任何面额
(
denomination
)
的美钞都可以用其上总统的名或姓来称呼。
美元 新版钞票俗称
包括
bigface
bill
和
Monopoly
money
。如
I
got
a
fulla?big
faces?on
me.
at
least
bill
gates
set
up
the
gates
foundation
with
some
of
his?monopoly
money.?
其
它
同
义
词
包
括
green
、
smacker
和
dead
presidents/deceased presidents
。
如:
Someone
dressing
well
to
impress
others
may
refer
to
their
behaviour
as
Can
I
please
have
50?smackers?so
that
I
can
go
to
the
store
and
buy
a
bottle
of whiskey??
Yo man these oakleys are gonna cost ya 56?dead presidents.
一美分(
. One Cent
):
penny
。如
Hey there's a penny on the ground!
两美分(
. Two Cents
)
五美分(
. Five Cents
):
nickel
。如
nickelodeon
指门票(
admissi on
)五美
分的影院。如
Don’t nickel and dime me.【别零碎地给我,一次性付完】
一角:(
. One Dime
):
short bit
。如
Buddy can you spare a dime?
?
二十五美分(
. Quarter Dollar
):
quarter
、
two bits
、
two bit
【但
two- bit
指廉价、
低俗。
如
I
don’t
want
any?two
-bit?actors
in
this
play.?
但
two
cents
指意见。如
I’d like to throw in my two cents.】。
如:
Hey Princeton!?Give me a?quarter!
Shave and a haircut,?two bits.
五十美分(
. Half- dollar
):
four bits
。
如
When I was a lad, it was
afour-bit
(fifty cents) word.
一美元(
.
one-dollar
bi ll
):
George
、
single
、
buck
、
clam
、
simoleon
。如:
Dude, lend me a
George, I'm jonesin' for a Hershey bar.
Can I get a five and five
singles?
It cost five
clams
for a sandwich at the restaurant.
The guy's got more
simoleons
than all of us put together.
两美元(
.
two- dollar
bill
):
deuce
、
Tom
、
Jefferson
、
.
。如:
Adeuce
for
the hat-check girl.
五美元(
. five-dollar bill
):
five
、
Abe
、
Lincoln
、
fiver
、
fin
(过时)、
fin if
(过时)、
finski
(过时)、
five- spot
、
faux Euro
、
nickel
、
fever
。
如:
Can I get a
five
and five singles?
Guy 2: how much? Guy 1: an
Abe.
Could you lend me a few
fivers?
I mowed the guy's lawn, and all he gave me was a
fin.
That movie ticket only cost me a
finif.
Can I get a
five spot
from you?
hey i got a
fever
man you
right?
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