gelt
英 [gelt]
英文词源
- gelt (n.)
- "money," 1520s, from German and Dutch gelt "gold, money," from Proto-Germanic *geldam "payment" (see geld (n.)). In some later uses from Yiddish gelt, from Old High German gelt "payment, reward," from the same source.
- gelt (adj.)
- past participle of geld (v.); hence, as an adjective, "castrated" (mid-15c.).
双语例句
- 1. He looked down upon gelt.
- 他看不起金钱.
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