wampum
- 英式英标[\'wɔmpəm]
- 美式音标[\'wɒmpəm]
英文词源
- wampum (n.)
- string of seashell beads used as money by Native Americans, 1630s, shortened from New England Algonquian wampumpeag (1620s), "string of white (shell beads);" said to be compounded from wab "white" + ompe "string" + plural suffix -ag.
实用例句
- 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.
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- 3. I brought some wampum from North America.
- 我从北美买了一些贝壳串珠.
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- 4. Wampum was made of seashells.
- 贝壳串珠是用海贝壳制作的.
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