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wampum meaning in English

n.
1.(以前印第安人作货币或饰品的)贝壳串珠。
2.〔美俚〕钱。

Examples

  1. I brought some wampum from north america
    我从北美买了一些贝壳串珠。
  2. Wampum circulated as legal tender for private debts in massachusetts until 1661 and was used as money in new york as late as 1701
    贝壳数珠在马萨诸塞作为法定货币用来清偿私人债务一直流通到1661年,在纽约作为货币使用知道1701年。
  3. In the american colonies one of the earliest forms of money , borrowed from the indians , was wampum , black and white polished beads made from clam shells
    美洲殖民地最早的一种货币形式是借用印第安人的贝壳数珠,一种蚌壳磨成的黑白珠子。
  4. Time they were stopping up in the city arms pisser burke told me there was an old one there with a cracked loodheramaun of a nephew and bloom trying to get the soft side of her doing the mollycoddle playing bzique to come in for a bit of the wampum in her will and not eating meat of a friday because the old one was always thumping her craw and taking the lout out for a walk
    布卢姆指望她在遗嘱里赠给自己点儿什么,就试图使她的心肠软下来。于是,就对她百般奉承,和颜悦色地陪她玩比克181牌戏。老太婆总是做出一副虔诚的样子,每逢星期五,布卢姆也跟着不吃肉,还带那个蠢才去散步。

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