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ster·ling
stuhr lIng
adjective
of or made of the very finest silver, or .925 fineness.
excellent or flawless.a sterling reputation
of, concerning, or payable in British currency, esp. the pound sterling.
noun
British currency, esp. the pound sterling or currency with the fineness of sterling.
the standard of fineness for gold or silver in the minting of coins in Britain.
fine silver used in the manufacture of tableware, jewelry, and the like.
tableware or other articles made of sterling silver.
sterling silver标准纯银,法定纯度银制成品
pound sterlingn. 英镑
大约1300年,"英国银便士",从理查德一世时期开始发行,这是一个备受争议的词源。也许它来自中古英语 sterre(见 star(名词)),根据 OED 的说法,这个名字"很可能"是因为某些诺曼硬币的设计中有星星,再加上一个小号后缀 -ling 。带星星的硬币在盎格鲁-撒克逊或盎格鲁-诺曼的货币中并不常见(威廉的便士的一个变种有两个小星星,星星在异教罗马硬币上更常见)。
《中古英语汇编》提到了盎格鲁-法语 esterling, sterling,旧法语 esterlin 的变体,还有中世纪拉丁语 sterlingus,"都可能最终源自古英语...." 另一种理论[Kluge]认为它源自古法语 estedre "stater"(见 stater)。从 Easterling 的旧词源被认为早已被推翻。这个拼写与苏格兰城市 Stirling 的拼写有些混淆。
到了14世纪末,这个词的意义扩大为"标准合法的货币单位"; 到了16世纪60年代,它被用来指任何具有英镑的品质的货币; 到了大约1600年,它指的是"英国货币"的总称。
作为形容词,大约在1400年,用于货币,表示"具有固定或标准的国家价值",因此符合法定的纯度要求。到了1640年代,这个意义扩展到原则、品质等方面,引申为"能经受考验"的一般或比喻意义(就像一枚合格的硬币一样)。
一个 pound sterling 最初是"一磅重的英镑",大约等于240个。
英镑
Noun Middle English, silver penny, probably from Old English *steorling, from Old English steorra star + -ling >entry 1 — more at star
The first known use of sterling was in the 14th century
sterling1 of 2noun
British money
sterling silver or articles of it
sterling2 of 2adjective
of or relating to British sterling
being or made of an alloy of 925 parts of silver with 75 parts of copper
sterling silver
excellent
1 Using a blunt sterling blade, I scraped away the soot engrained under his cuticles, relics of his job tending to train boilers.
2 For Edith Wharton, a sterling rattle with a coral teething ring was more like it.
3 However, she assumed that any country with so sterling a reputation must be equipped with mountains somewhere; the rest of the necessary information she knew she could easily find in an encyclopedia.
4 Some companies have suffered huge losses – Dance Umbrella has been cut by 50%, and they do sterling work.
5 You can pay in sterling.
你可以支付英镑。
6 Please quote your price in term of pound sterling.
请您报盘时用英镑报价。
7 The Strypes are certainly setting a sterling example for their young counterparts.
8 The value of sterling has risen.
英国货币的价值上升了.
9 She entertained with French cut crystal, French porcelain, French sterling silver cutlery, French souffles and two French maids.
10 Barbara walked them to the cases of sterling silver hoops, to the bracelets, to the pendants with 1/10 karat of a diamond on special for $25.
11 He has many sterling qualities.
他身上有许多优秀的品质.
12 Only Washington has an Ashok Bajaj, the courtly, highly industrious owner of eight good-to-great restaurants, all of which he visits to greet guests every day, setting a sterling example for hosts across the nation.
13 He read over and over, lingering on each I that was so elaborately curved it looked like a sterling sign.
14 The banks were panicked into selling sterling.
银行因恐慌而抛售英国货币。
15 They have some sterling silver cutlery.
他们有一些标准纯银餐具。
16 Lambert layered and traded his sterling vibrato and striking holds with Mercury’s piped-in vocals during the onset of a pre-encore “Bohemian Rhapsody,” later turning Mercury’s masterpiece over to one of May’s most electrifying solos.
17 But don’t worry, the conveyor belts still turn into treadmills for the exhilarating “Everybody Say Yeah” — a sterling example of Mitchell’s showmanship.
18 Bowman’s pitter-patter cadences and sterling melisma propel sunset cruiser “Down” and the swinging “Sweetest Thing,” a throwback R&B slow jam with a carefree guitar riff.
19 Time and again, the performances have been sterling.
20 Most of them are new to me, sterling examples of both tradition and innovation.
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7 高尚
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15 真
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24 纯
25 纯粹的
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29 纯的
30 令人钦佩的
31 令人赞赏的