dollar
n
1 [C] (symb 符號為$) unit of money in the US, Canada, Australia, etc 元(美國、 加拿大、 澳大利亞等國的貨幣單位)
Oil from these fields is priced in dollars. 這些油田產的油以美元定價.
2 [C] banknote or coin worth one dollar 一元的紙幣或硬幣
Have you got any dollars? 你帶著錢呢嗎? =>App 4 見附錄4.
3 the dollar [sing]
(finance 財) value of the US dollar on international money markets 國際金融市場的美元價格
The dollar closed two cents down. 收市時一美元下降了二美分.
4 (idm 習語) bet one's bottom dollar => bet. (feel, look, etc) like a million dollars (infml 口) very fit, healthy, beautiful, etc 身體很好; 非常健康; 十分漂亮. a/the sixty-four thousand dollar `question important question that is very difficult to answer 很難回答的重大問題
Will we all survive until the year 2000? That's the sixty-four thousand dollar question. 我們大家是否都能活到公元2000年? 這個問題很難回答.