cowrie

cowrie

美 [ˈkaʊri] 　英 ['kaʊri]

• n.宝贝贝壳（旧时亚非部分地区用作货币的小贝壳）
• 网络玛瑙贝；贝币；这个人真是个宝贝

词形变化

复数：cowries  

英汉双解

英汉解释

n.

1. 【贝】玛瑙贝

英英解释

n.	1. a shiny, colored shell of a sea animal, used in the past as money in parts of Africa and Asia

例句

Golden cowrie shells have been used as currency and religious symbols throughout the South Pacific.

黄金宝螺的贝壳在整个南太平洋地区已用来作为货币和宗教的象征。

Golden cowrie shells are among the hardest shells to find and are prized by collectors.

黄金宝螺的贝壳极难找到，它们为收藏家所推崇。

The banning of currency trading is the modern equivalent of replacing the coin of the Realm with cowrie shells.

在现代社会中，禁止货币交易等于用原始贝币取代英格兰王国硬币-这纯粹是历史的倒退。

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。

Once used as status symbols among Fiji rulers , the golden cowrie is prized by shell collectors .

曾经用作斐济统治者社会地位的象征，黄金宝螺被贝壳收集者看作最有价值的珍品。

An ancient game of India similar to backgammon that uses cowrie shells instead of dice.

戏，类似于十五子棋，但用玛瑙贝代替骰子。

Remains of Cowrie Names and Their Classifiers in the Ancient Bai Language

古白语贝币名和量词的遗存