标题: 各种钱的英语说法 [打印本页] 作者: violet417 时间: 2012-5-22 16:56 标题: 各种钱的英语说法 1. 1美元(a dollar)还叫做a single, a buck, a bill.
5美元的说法有five dollars, a fiver, a five spot, five bucks.
10美元的说法有a ten, ten bucks, a ten spot, a sawbuck, a teener.
2. 5分：nickel, jitney/jit
10分是dime，卖便宜东西的店叫dime store，也叫five-and-dime，five-and-ten-cent store，ten-cent store
25分=quarter，50分=half dollar=half-buck
3. 表示钱的词还有bread
He earns his bread by writing.
他通过写作赚钱。
4. dough：（生面团）钱或现金
in the dough: 兴旺，有钱
5. green back：因钞票背面为绿色，因而得名“美钞”
treasury bond：国库券
6. a dime a dozen: 太普通了，不值钱，太多了。
Do you think I should buy this now and bring it with us?
你觉得我现在就应该买下带着吗？
Don’t bother; those are a dime a dozen where we are going.
不用这么麻烦；我们走的过程中就会碰到许多。
Look what I found!
看我找到了什么！
That’s nothing special; those are a dime a dozen!
没什么特别的；这些不值钱。
I don’t need friends like him; they are a dime a dozen.
我不需要像他那样的朋友；他们都太普通了。