cowrie

US [ˈkaʊri]
UK ['kaʊri]
  • n.宝贝贝壳（旧时亚非部分地区用作货币的小贝壳）
  • Web玛瑙贝；贝币；这个人真是个宝贝
Plural Form：cowries  

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Cowrie
n.
1.
宝贝贝壳（旧时亚非部分地区用作货币的小贝壳）a small shiny shell that was used as money in the past in parts of Africa and Asia

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AllAll,宝贝贝壳宝贝贝壳,玛瑙贝玛瑙贝,贝币贝币,这个人真是个宝贝这个人真是个宝贝
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1.
Golden cowrie shells have been used as currency and religious symbols throughout the South Pacific.
黄金宝螺的贝壳在整个南太平洋地区已用来作为货币和宗教的象征。
huáng jīn bǎo luó de bèi ké zài zhěng gè nán tài píng yáng dì qū yǐ yòng lái zuò wéi huò bì hé zōng jiào de xiàng zhēng 。
article.yeeyan.org
2.
Golden cowrie shells are among the hardest shells to find and are prized by collectors.
黄金宝螺的贝壳极难找到，它们为收藏家所推崇。
huáng jīn bǎo luó de bèi ké jí nán zhǎo dào , tā men wèi shōu cáng jiā suǒ tuī chóng 。
article.yeeyan.org
3.
The banning of currency trading is the modern equivalent of replacing the coin of the Realm with cowrie shells.
在现代社会中，禁止货币交易等于用原始贝币取代英格兰王国硬币-这纯粹是历史的倒退。
zài xiàn dài shè huì zhōng , jìn zhǐ huò bì jiāo yì děng yú yòng yuán shǐ bèi bì qǔ dài yīng gé lán wáng guó yìng bì - zhè chún cuì shì lì shǐ de dào tuì 。
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4.
A hundred years ago you could still pay your taxes in Uganda in cowrie shells.
100年前你还能用子安贝贝壳在乌干达缴税。
yì bǎi nián qián nǐ hái néng yòng zǐ ān bèi bèi ké zài wū gān dá jiǎo shuì 。
www.ecocn.org
5.
Once used as status symbols among Fiji rulers , the golden cowrie is prized by shell collectors .
曾经用作斐济统治者社会地位的象征，黄金宝螺被贝壳收集者看作最有价值的珍品。
céng jīng yòng zuò fěi jǐ tǒng zhì zhě shè huì dì wèi de xiàng zhēng , huáng jīn bǎo luó bèi bèi ké shōu jí zhě kàn zuò zuì yǒu jià zhí de zhēn pǐn 。
www.ecd123.com
6.
An ancient game of India similar to backgammon that uses cowrie shells instead of dice.
戏，类似于十五子棋，但用玛瑙贝代替骰子。
xì , lèi sì yú shí wǔ zǐ qí , dàn yòng mǎ nǎo bèi dài tì tóu zi 。
ezitong.com
7.
Remains of Cowrie Names and Their Classifiers in the Ancient Bai Language
古白语贝币名和量词的遗存
gǔ bái yǔ bèi bì míng hé liàng cí de yí cún
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