1. 1美元(a dollar)還叫做a single, a buck, a bill.

5美元的說(shuō)法有five dollars, a fiver, a five spot, five bucks.

10美元的說(shuō)法有a ten, ten bucks, a ten spot, a sawbuck, a teener.

2. 5分:nickel, jitney/jit

10分是dime,賣便宜東西的店叫dime store,也叫five-and-dime,five-and-ten-cent store,ten-cent store

25分=quarter,50分=half dollar=half-buck

3. 表示錢(qián)的詞還有bread

He earns his bread by writing.

他通過(guò)寫(xiě)作賺錢(qián)。

4. dough:(生面團(tuán))錢(qián)或現(xiàn)金

in the dough: 興旺,有錢(qián)

5. green back:因鈔票背面為綠色,因而得名“美鈔”

treasury bond:國(guó)庫(kù)券

6. a dime a dozen: 太普通了,不值錢(qián),太多了。

Do you think I should buy this now and bring it with us?

你覺(jué)得我現(xiàn)在就應(yīng)該買(mǎi)下帶著嗎?

Don’t bother; those are a dime a dozen where we are going.

不用這么麻煩;我們走的過(guò)程中就會(huì)碰到許多。

Look what I found!

看我找到了什么!

That’s nothing special; those are a dime a dozen!

沒(méi)什么特別的;這些不值錢(qián)。

I don’t need friends like him; they are a dime a dozen.

我不需要像他那樣的朋友;他們都太普通了。