half-crown

单词half-crown

基本解释

n.: 2 先令 6 便士硬币（英国旧制硬币，相当于现在 12½ 便士）
网络: 半克郎；半克朗；两先令六便士

权威解释

• 2 先令 6 便士硬币（英国旧制硬币，相当于现在 12½ 便士）:

  an old British coin worth 2½ shillings (= now 12½ pence)

词性分析

• 复数：half-crowns

例句

• He asked me where I had been hiding all these years; and simultaneously repaid me the half-crown as though it had been borrowed yesterday.

  他一边询问这些年来我都隐匿在什么地方；一边还给我那半克朗，仿佛这钱他昨天才刚刚借去。

• As the cab stopped he said: "You must have mistaken a half-crown piece for a penny, Sir! "

  车停住后，他对我说：“先生，你一定把这半克朗当作一个便士给我了！”