Word · Frequency #5693
shilling
先令
an English coin worth one twentieth of a pound
- 1.
The currency of Kenya, Somalia, Tanzania and Uganda.
肯尼亚、索马里、坦桑尼亚和乌干达的货币。
肯尼亚、索马里、坦桑尼亚和乌干达的货币。；先令；[经] 先令
In use
In the past, a shilling could buy a loaf of bread.
He found an old shilling in his grandfather's coin collection.
The price was only a few shillings, so she bought it without hesitation.
pay + [amount] shilling(s)
He paid five shillings for the book.
他花了五先令买这本书。
cost + [amount] shilling(s)
The ticket cost one shilling.
这张票花费一先令。
a shilling
She found a shilling in her pocket.
她在口袋里发现了一先令。
Common mistakes
He gave me two shilling.He gave me two shillings.
在英语中，可数名词‘shilling’的复数形式必须加-s，中文没有这种变化，所以学习者容易漏掉复数标记。
I shilled him a shilling.I gave him a shilling.
‘Shilling’是名词，不能用作动词表示‘给先令’；英语中正确的说法是‘give someone a shilling’。
Connections
Collocations
- cost a shilling
- 花费一先令
- In the old days, a loaf of bread cost a shilling.在过去，一条面包花费一先令。
- pay a shilling
- 支付一先令
- He paid a shilling for the ticket.他为这张票支付了一先令。
- a shilling each
- 每个一先令
- The apples were a shilling each.这些苹果每个一先令。
- shilling a pint
- 一品脱一先令
- Beer was only a shilling a pint back then.那时啤酒仅一品脱一先令。
- shilling piece
- 先令硬币
- He found an old shilling piece in the drawer.他在抽屉里发现了一枚旧先令硬币。
- put in a shilling
Learner notes
Memory Tip
shilling 音似'是令'，想象'这是命令'让你记住这个英国旧币单位——先令。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：历史文献、货币研究 通常用于历史或经济讨论，比较中性
Grammar Note
表示英国旧货币单位，复数加-s
Pronunciation & Spelling
All listed words share the /ɪlɪŋ/ ending and are perfect rhymes with 'shilling'. Beware of words ending in '-iling' (e.g., smiling, filing) which are pronounced with /aɪlɪŋ/ and do not rhyme.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.