sawbuck

英 ['sɔːbʌk] 美
  • n. 锯木架；十元纸币
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英文词源

sawbuck (n.)
"ten-dollar bill," American English slang, 1850, from resemblance of X (Roman numeral 10) to the ends of a sawhorse. Sawbuck in the sense of "sawhorse" is attested only from 1862 but presumably is older (see saw (n.1)).

双语例句

1. Can you lend me a sawbuck till Friday?
你能借给我十美元 吗 ?我周五还.

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