wampum

wampum什么意思,wampum翻译

基本解释

n.: (以前印第安人作货币或饰品的)贝壳串珠；〈美俚〉钱
网络: 金钱；贝壳念珠；贝壳数珠

英汉解释

• 贝壳数珠;钱

• 〔美俚〕钱

• (以前印第安人作货币或饰品的)贝壳串珠

例句

• One of the earliest forms of money, borrowed from the Indians, was wampum, black and white polished beads made from clam shells.

  最早的一种货币形式是借用印第安人的贝壳串珠，一种蚌壳磨成的黑白珠子。

• Authorities said the boy is the son of the victim"s live-in boyfriend at the home in Wampum, about 35 miles northwest of Pittsburgh.

  官方称该男孩是受害者同居男友的儿子，该男友住在距匹兹堡西北部35英里的威帕姆的家中。

• Here in the north-eastern woodlands of the US we made wampum, shell beads strung in patterns to record events.

  在北美的树林里，我们制作贝壳串、贝壳珠串成各种式样来记录事情。

• The Lenape (also called the Lenni-Lenape) used wampum in ceremonies, as diplomatic gifts, and for trading with the Europeans.

  Lenape人（也叫Lenni-Lenape人）在礼节性的仪式中把wampum当做外交礼品使用，在和欧洲人的贸易中也会使用这种珠子。

• 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。

• To make wampum, they sewed tiny black, purple, and white beads made from seashells into belts.

  为了制造wampum，他们会把用贝壳制成的黑色、紫色以及白色的小珠子缝在一起制成条带。

• Wampum was made of seashells.

  贝壳串珠是用海贝壳制作的。

• The Lenape used a money system of their own invention called "wampum. "

  Lenape人使用一种自己发明的，称作“wampum”的货币系统。

• I brought some wampum from North America.

  我从北美买了一些贝壳串珠。

• White shell beads used as wampum.

  白色贝壳串珠用作贝壳串珠的白色贝壳小珠