英语词汇nickel的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

nickel. Nickel has stood for a U.S. five-cent piece since 1881, but has never been the official designation for the coin. The coin is so called because it is made partly of nickel. Before nickel was applied to the five-cent piece it was the name for a U.S. nickel penny authorized in 1857 and a nickel three-cent piece. A nickel is also a Canadian English term, from Newfoundland, that means a movie, as in, “We saw a great nickel.” It is so called after a well-known movie theater named the Nickel (a nickelo- dian) in St. John’s, Newfoundland.

词汇	nickel
词源	nickel. Nickel has stood for a U.S. five-cent piece since 1881, but has never been the official designation for the coin. The coin is so called because it is made partly of nickel. Before nickel was applied to the five-cent piece it was the name for a U.S. nickel penny authorized in 1857 and a nickel three-cent piece. A nickel is also a Canadian English term, from Newfoundland, that means a movie, as in, “We saw a great nickel.” It is so called after a well-known movie theater named the Nickel (a nickelo- dian) in St. John’s, Newfoundland.
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