cowrie

英['kaʊri] 美['kaʊri]
  • n. [动]宝贝科宝贝;(从前南亚和非洲部分地区作货币用的)货贝
cowry cowries
  • cowardly adj.懦弱的;卑怯的;胆小的adv.懦弱地;卑怯地;胆小地
  • cowbane n.毒芹;长命竹
  • cowbell n.母牛的颈铃;【音】牛铃(一种打击乐器,状如四棱锥)
  • cowberry n.越橘
  • cowbind n.[植]泻根(尤指白泻根)
Noun:
  1. any of numerous tropical marine gastropods of the genus Cypraea having highly polished usually brightly marked shells

1. 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.

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    1. A Moken tribesman in Myanmar's Andaman Islands displays two large cowrie shells.
      缅甸安达曼群岛上,一位莫肯族人手里展示了两枚大货贝。

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