guinea 音标拼音: [g'ɪni]
n . 英国往昔的金币
n . 几内亚
英国往昔的金币几内亚
guinea n 1 :
a former British gold coin worth 21 shillings 2 : (
ethnic slur )
offensive term for a person of Italian descent [
synonym : {
wop }, {
dago }, {
ginzo }, {
Guinea }, {
greaseball }]
3 :
a republic in western Africa on the Atlantic ;
formerly a French colony ;
achieved independence from France in 1958 [
synonym : {
Guinea }, {
Republic of Guinea }, {
French Guinea }]
4 :
a west African bird having dark plumage mottled with white ;
native to Africa but raised for food in many parts of the world [
synonym : {
guinea fowl }, {
guinea }, {
Numida meleagris }]
Guinea \
Guin "
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n "[-
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n .
1 .
A district on the west coast of Africa (
formerly noted for its export of gold and slaves )
after which the Guinea fowl ,
Guinea grass ,
Guinea peach ,
etc .,
are named .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
A gold coin of England current for twenty -
one shillings sterling ,
or about five dollars ,
but not coined since the issue of sovereigns in 1817 .
[
1913 Webster ]
The guinea ,
so called from the Guinea gold out of which it was first struck ,
was proclaimed in 1663 ,
and to go for twenty shillings ;
but it never went for less than twenty -
one shillings . --
Pinkerton .
[
1913 Webster ]
{
Guinea corn }. (
Bot .)
See {
Durra }.
{
Guinea Current } (
Geog .),
a current in the Atlantic Ocean setting southwardly into the Bay of Benin on the coast of Guinea .
{
Guinea dropper }
one who cheats by dropping counterfeit guineas . [
Obs .] --
Gay .
{
Guinea fowl }, {
Guinea hen } (
Zool .),
an African gallinaceous bird ,
of the genus {
Numida },
allied to the pheasants .
The common domesticated species ({
Numida meleagris }),
has a colored fleshy horn on each aide of the head ,
and is of a dark gray color ,
variegated with small white spots .
The crested Guinea fowl ({
Numida cristata })
is a finer species .
{
Guinea grains } (
Bot .),
grains of Paradise ,
or amomum .
See {
Amomum }.
{
Guinea grass } (
Bot .),
a tall strong forage grass ({
Panicum jumentorum })
introduced .
from Africa into the West Indies and Southern United States .
{
Guinea -
hen flower } (
Bot .),
a liliaceous flower ({
Fritillaria Meleagris })
with petals spotted like the feathers of the Guinea hen .
{
Guinea peach }.
See under {
Peach }.
{
Guinea pepper } (
Bot .),
the pods of the {
Xylopia aromatica },
a tree of the order {
Anonace [
ae ]},
found in tropical West Africa .
They are also sold under the name of {
Piper aethiopicum }.
{
Guinea plum } (
Bot .),
the fruit of {
Parinarium excelsum },
a large West African tree of the order {
Chrysobalane [
ae ]},
having a scarcely edible fruit somewhat resembling a plum ,
which is also called {
gray plum }
and {
rough -
skin plum }.
{
Guinea worm } (
Zool .),
a long and slender African nematoid worm ({
Filaria Medinensis })
of a white color .
It lives in the cellular tissue of man ,
beneath the skin ,
and produces painful sores .
[
1913 Webster ]
53 Moby Thesaurus words for "
guinea ":
bawbee ,
coin ,
crown ,
dollar ,
double eagle ,
doubloon ,
ducat ,
eagle ,
farthing ,
five -
dollar gold piece ,
fiver ,
florin ,
fourpence ,
fourpenny ,
gold piece ,
groat ,
half crown ,
half dollar ,
half eagle ,
halfpenny ,
hard money ,
mag ,
meg ,
mite ,
moidore ,
monkey ,
napoleon ,
new pence ,
np ,
p ,
pence ,
penny ,
piece ,
piece of money ,
piece of silver ,
pony ,
pound ,
pound sovereign ,
quid ,
roll of coins ,
rouleau ,
shilling ,
sixpence ,
sovereign ,
specie ,
ten -
dollar gold piece ,
tenner ,
threepence ,
threepenny bit ,
thrippence ,
tuppence ,
twenty -
dollar gold piece ,
twopence
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