wampum
常見例句
- The Lenape used a money system of their own invention called "wampum."
Lenape人使用一種自己發(fā)明的,稱作“wampum”的貨幣系統(tǒng)。 - To make wampum, they sewed tiny black, purple, and white beads made from seashells into belts.
爲了制造wampum,他們會把用貝殼制成的黑色、紫色以及白色的小珠子縫在一起制成條帶。 - At one point, the Dutch -- eager to improve their profits -- produced their own wampum in Holland, hoping to use it back in New Amsterdam to trade with the natives.
由於非??释@得利潤,荷蘭人一度自己在荷蘭生産wampum,想在新阿姆斯特丹用它來與土著人交易。 - An accountant by trade, Stevens had just pledged that he wouldn't touch money--be it cash, credit, check or wampum--for a whole year.
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