wampum

wampum

美 [?wɑmp?m] 　英 [?w?mp?m]

• n.(以前印第安人作貨幣或飾品的)貝殼串珠；〈美俚〉錢
• 網絡金錢；貝殼念珠；貝殼數珠

英漢解釋

n.	1. (以前印第安人作貨幣或飾品的)貝殼串珠 2. 〈美俚〉錢

英英解釋

n.	1. shells on strings that some native americans used as money in the past

例句

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

最早的一種貨幣形式是借用印第安人的貝殼串珠，一種蚌殼磨成的黑白珠子。

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.

官方稱該男孩是受害者同居男友的兒子，該男友住在距匹茲堡西北部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.

在北美的樹林里，我們制作貝殼串、貝殼珠串成各種式樣來記錄事情。

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）在禮節性的儀式中把wampum當做外交禮品使用，在和歐洲人的貿易中也會使用這種珠子。

Wampum circulated as legal tender for private debts in Massachusetts until 1661 and was used as money in New York as late as 1701.

貝殼數珠在馬薩諸塞作為法定貨幣用來清償私人債務一直流通到1661年，在紐約作為貨幣使用知道1701年。

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

為了制造wampum，他們會把用貝殼制成的黑色、紫色以及白色的小珠子縫在一起制成條帶。

Wampum was made of seashells.

貝殼串珠是用海貝殼制作的。

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

Lenape人使用一種自己發明的，稱作“wampum”的貨幣系統。

I brought some wampum from North America.

我從北美買了一些貝殼串珠。

White shell beads used as wampum.

白色貝殼串珠用作貝殼串珠的白色貝殼小珠

At first they copied the Native Americans and used wampum .

最初，他們模仿本土的美國人用貝殼串珠當作錢。