guinea

英 ['gɪnɪ] 美['ɡɪni]

英英释义考试真题实用场景例句

n. 几内亚；基尼（英国旧时金币名）

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中文词源

guinea 几尼（旧时英国金币或货币单位）

来自非洲国家Guinea，英国在17世纪特别铸造了一种钱币用于与Guinea进行贸易支付，后来就俗化成这种货币的名称。

词态变化

复数: guineas;

英文词源

guinea: guinea: [17] Guinea first emerged as the name of a section of the West Africa continent in the late 16th century (its origins are not known, but presumably it was based on an African word). In 1663 the Royal Mint began to produce a gold coin valued at 20 shillings ‘for the use of the Company of Royal Adventurers of England trading with Africa’. It had the figure of an elephant on it.

Straightaway it became known as a guinea, both because its use was connected with the Guinea coast and because it was made from gold obtained there. And what is more, the coins soon came to be much in demand for domestic use: on 29 October 1666 Samuel Pepys recorded ‘And so to my goldsmith to bid him look out for some gold for me; and he tells me that Ginnys, which I bought 2000 of not long ago, and cost me but 18½d. change, will now cost me 22d., and but very few to be had at any price.

However, some more I will have, for they are very convenient – and of easy disposal’. Its value fluctuated, and was not fixed at 21 shillings until 1717. The last one was minted in 1813, but guinea as a term for the amount 21 shillings stayed in use until the early 1970s, when the decimalization of British currency dealt it the deathblow. The guinea pig [17], incidentally, comes from South America, and its name probably arose from a confusion between Guinea and Guiana, on the northern coast of South America.
guinea (n.): former British coin, 1660s, from Guinea, because the coins were first minted for British trade with Guinea (but soon in domestic use) and with gold from Africa. The original guinea was in use from 1663 to 1813.
Guinea: region along the west coast of Africa, presumably from an African word (perhaps Tuareg aginaw "black people"). As a derogatory term for "an Italian" (1896) it is from Guinea Negro (1740s) "black person, person of mixed ancestry;" applied to Italians probably because of their dark complexions relative to northern Europeans, and after 1911 it was occasionally applied to Hispanics and Pacific Islanders as well. New Guinea was so named 1546 by Spanish explorer Inigo Ortiz de Retes in reference to the natives' dark skin and tightly curled hair. The Guinea hen (1570s) is a domestic fowl imported from there. Related: Guinean.

双语例句

1. The pheasant is a close relative of the Guinea hen.: 雉与珍珠鸡有很近的亲缘关系。

2. Papua New Guinea became independent from Australia in 1975.: 巴布亚新几内亚1975年脱离澳大利亚正式独立。

3. Students in fifty schools are to act as guinea pigs for these new teaching methods.: 五十所学校的学生将作为这些新教学法的试验对象。

4. Chestnuts can be used at Christmas time, as a stuffing for turkey, guinea fowl or chicken.: 栗子可以在圣诞节时作火鸡、珍珠鸡或家鸡的填料。

5. Nearly 500,000 pupils are to be guinea pigs in a trial run of the new 14-plus exams.: 这种14岁以上学生参加的最新考试将在近50万名学生中试行。

英英释意

1. a former British gold coin worth 21 shillings

2. a west African bird having dark plumage mottled with white; native to Africa but raised for food in many parts of the world

考试真题

The black slaves from Guinea and Angola have demanded to be well treated, threatening to refuse to have children.

Europe has only around 200 languages; the Americas about 1000; Africa 2400; and asia and the pacific perhaps 3200, of which papua new guinea alone accounts for well over 800.

实用场景例句

Being herbivores, guinea pigs eat almost constantly, and metabolize food very quickly.: 作为食草动物, 猪猪几乎一直都在吃, 食物的新层代谢非常快.

To study superior cervical ganglion control on the cochlear blood flow vertebrobasilar ischemia in guinea pigs.: 目的:研究颈上神经节对内耳缺血时耳蜗血流的调节.

South American cavy; possibly ancestral to the domestic guinea pig.: 南美洲豚鼠; 可能是家养豚鼠的祖先.

Morgan found a two – guinea coin and it went from hand to hand.: 摩根找到一枚两畿尼的金币,那金币在他们手中传递着.

A family in route to New Guinea is shipwrecked on a deserted tropical island.: 一个瑞士家庭在移民海外时,他们所乘的那艘船不幸遭遇海难,幸运的是他们一家人都流落到了一个热带荒岛之上.

He dresses decently, yet he seldom has a guinea at command.: 他衣着体面, 然而他很少有一块钱可供花用.

Candesatan; Guinea pigs; Cardiac atrium myocytes; Potassium channels; Patchclamp techniques.: 坎地沙坦; 豚鼠; 心房肌细胞; 钾通道; 膜片嵌技术.

They use prison as guinea pig to test drug.: 他们用罪犯来试验药品.

There is no vaccine against Guinea worm and no totally effective treatment.: 现在还没有一种疫苗可以预防几内亚线虫,对其也没有有效的治疗方法.

I'd catch hold of your throat and choke you for half a guinea. ": 我拿半克朗打赌,一定要抓住你的喉咙掐死你. ”

Guinea hogs were widespread, and descriptions of them varied.: 几内亚猪分布很广泛, 并且在不同的地区体型和颜色也不一样.

Miss Traditional Papua New Guinea is a fashion show that embraces the simple life.: 传统巴布新几内亚小姐选拔是一项拥抱简单生活的时尚秀.

When turned on , the guinea pig robot teetered edge of chaos.: 启动后, 这只小豚鼠生物机器摇摇摆摆,左冲右突.

Equatorial Guinea, most of which is an island off western Africa, will pay for the contract.: 赤道几内亚的大部分领土是非洲西部海岸外的一座岛屿, 上述合同所需经费将由该国支付.

Love is accepting to be the guinea pig for her new dishes.: 爱是愿意品尝她做的食物,无论好吃难吃.

Fig .3. Guinea has issued 20 beetle stamps, and here is a set of 4 beetles issued in 2001.: 图3.几内亚已发行了二十张甲虫邮票. 这是2001年发行了一套甲虫邮票, 每一张邮票上是一对甲虫,栩栩如生,活泼可爱.邮票外还有三只漂亮的甲虫.

Use yourself as a guinea pig and practice, practice, practice.: 像实验室里的动物一样使用自己,练习, 练习, 练习.

That is the technical name for Guinea worm disease.: 那是麦地那龙线虫病的专业名词.

Method The nasal mucosa of 8 normal guinea pigs were observed.: 方法取正常豚鼠鼻中隔黏膜行透射电镜观察.

Guinea is a tropical country.: 几内亚是一个热带国家.

Students in fifty schools are to act as guinea pigs for these new teaching methods.: 五十所学校的学生将作为这些新教学法的试验对象。

The pheasant is a close relative of the Guinea hen.: 雉与珍珠鸡有很近的亲缘关系。

Papua New Guinea became independent from Australia in 1975.: 巴布亚新几内亚1975年脱离澳大利亚正式独立。

Chestnuts can be used at Christmas time, as a stuffing for turkey, guinea fowl or chicken.: 栗子可以在圣诞节时作火鸡、珍珠鸡或家鸡的填料。

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