wampum

['wɔmpəm]

n. 贝壳念珠, 金钱

n.

1. 贝壳串

2. 【美】【俚】钱

They paid a lot of wampum for the job.

他们为那工作付出很多的钱。

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英英释义

名词 wampum:

informal terms for money

同义词：boodle, bread, cabbage, clams, dinero, dough, gelt, kale, lettuce, lolly, lucre, loot, moolah, pelf, scratch, shekels, simoleons, sugar

small cylindrical beads made from polished shells and fashioned into strings or belts; used by certain Native American peoples as jewelry or currency

同义词：peag, wampumpeag

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