wampum
- n.钱,币;贝壳串珠;交换物
wampum
noun
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- small cylindrical beads made from polished shells and fashioned into strings or belts;used by certain Native American peoples as jewelry or currency
- Synonym: peag wampumpeag
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- informal terms for money
- Synonym: boodle bread cabbage clams dinero dough gelt kale lettuce lolly lucre loot moolah pelf scratch shekels simoleons sugar
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At first they copied the Native Americans and used wampum .
最初,他们模仿本土的美国人用贝壳串珠当作钱。
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Wampum was made of seashells .
贝壳串珠是用海贝壳制作的。
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Open a little store and use your wampum for money !
打开一个小商店和使用金钱的钱!
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French and English want to pay with wampum and brandy .
和英国人和法国人换枪和酒。
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The Indian money was called wampum and consisted of strings of beads made from the shells of clams and other shellfish .
印度的钱被称为金钱和包括字符串的珠子从炮弹的蛤蜊和其他贝类。