wampum
英['wɒmpəm]
美['wɒmpəm]
Noun:
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informal terms for money
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small cylindrical beads made from polished shells and fashioned into strings or belts; used by certain Native American peoples as jewelry or currency
- 1. They paid a lot of wampum for the job.
- 他们为那工作付出很多的钱.
来自辞典例句
- 2. At first they copied the Native Americans and used wampum.
- 最初,他们模仿本土的美国人用贝壳串珠当作钱.
来自互联网
- 3. I brought some wampum from North America.
- 我从北美买了一些贝壳串珠.
来自互联网
- 4. Wampum was made of seashells.
- 贝壳串珠是用海贝壳制作的.
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用作名词 (n.)
- Hear this prayer of the wampum.
这是贝壳念珠祷告者。
