英语词汇pieces of eight的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	pieces of eight
词源	pieces of eight. Famous as pirate booty, pieces of eight were Spanish silver coins worth about a dollar, though they were fre- quently cut into bits to make smaller coins. Other famous Spanish coins were half doubloons, quarter doubloons (pis- tols), one-eighth doubloons, and cobs, silver coins of various worth irregularly cut from a silver bar, which were heated and stamped with the royal arms.
随便看	wet one-s beak wet one-s whistle wet ship wetting a commission wet your whistle we who are about to die salute you we wuz robbed whalemen-s chapel whaling wham bam thank-ye-ma’am what am i chopped liver what a revoltin’ development this is what are you a man or a mouse what a way to run a railroad what can’t be cured must be endured what cato did and addison approved cannot be wrong whatchamacallit whatcheer what doesn’t kill me him makes me him stronger what do you know about that what every schoolboy knows what fools these mortals be what goes around comes around what goes up must come down what hath god wrought

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