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pay + [amount] shilling(s)
He paid five shillings for the book.
他花了五先令买这本书。
先令
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
先令
an English coin worth one twentieth of a pound
He paid five shillings for the book.
他花了五先令买这本书。
肯尼亚、索马里、坦桑尼亚和乌干达的货币。
The currency of Kenya, Somalia, Tanzania and Uganda.
In the past, a shilling could buy a loaf of bread.
在过去，一先令可以买一条面包。
He found an old shilling in his grandfather's coin collection.
他在祖父的硬币收藏中发现了一枚旧先令。
The price was only a few shillings, so she bought it without hesitation.
价格只有几先令，所以她毫不犹豫地买下了。
He paid five shillings for the book.
他花了五先令买这本书。
The ticket cost one shilling.
这张票花费一先令。
She found a shilling in her pocket.
她在口袋里发现了一先令。
Not this
He gave me two shilling.
Use this
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。
Not this
I shilled him a shilling.
Use this
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’。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
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。
支付一先令
He paid a shilling for the ticket.
他为这张票支付了一先令。
每个一先令
The apples were a shilling each.
这些苹果每个一先令。
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。
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。
投入一先令
She put a shilling in the gas meter.
她往煤气表里投入了一先令。
被剥夺继承权（仅象征性地留一先令）
The old man cut off his son with a shilling after he married against his wishes.
老人因儿子违背他的意愿结婚，只留给他一先令，剥夺了他的继承权。
入伍参军（收国王的先令表示受雇）
Many young men took the King's shilling during the war to escape poverty.
战争期间许多年轻人通过参军来摆脱贫困。
身无分文
After the business failed, he didn't have a shilling to bless himself with.
生意失败后，他身无分文。
Use shilling naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
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。
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
表示英国旧货币单位，复数加-s
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