1、美元(U.S. dollar)最常见的俗称(colloquialism)是 buck【可能与早期鹿皮(buckskin)的贸易有关】 ,但严格地讲,这个词只对应 dollar,可以用于其它国家的同名货币。如 superb hotel for a few bucks。同义词还有 bone 和 bean。如 You owe me 5 bones;It cost me forty beans。Greenback 只限于指美元钞票(U.S. Federal Reserve Note)【与 Federal Reserve Bank Note 不同】。如 Having to pay large amoun
2、ts of greenbacks for dwelling refurbishments is frequently not necessarily a good choice as a consequence of shortage of obtainable financing. 钞票通常叫 banknote、bill【还可以指 100 美元】、note、paper currency 或 paper money。任何面额( denomination)的美钞都可以用其上总统的名或姓来称呼。美元新版钞票俗称包括 bigface bill 和Monopoly money。如 I got a po
3、cket fulla big faces on me. at least bill gates set up the gates foundation with some of his monopoly money. 其它同义词包括green、smacker 和 dead presidents/deceased presidents。如:Someone dressing well to impress others may refer to their behaviour as “flashing their greens“.Can I please have 50 smackers so t
4、hat I can go to the store and buy a bottle of whiskey?Yo man these oakleys are gonna cost ya 56 dead presidents.一美分(U.S. One Cent):penny 。如 Hey theres a penny on the ground!两美分(U.S. Two Cents)五美分(U.S. Five Cents):nickel。如 nickelodeon 指门票(admission)五美分的影院。如 Dont nickel and dime me.【别零碎地给我,一次性付完】一角:(U
5、.S. One Dime):short bit。如 Buddy can you spare a dime?二十五美分(U.S. Quarter Dollar):quarter 、two bits、two bit【但 two-bit 指廉价、低俗。如 I dont want any two-bit actors in this play. 但 two cents 指意见。如Id like to throw in my two cents.】。如:Hey Princeton! Give me a quarter!Shave and a haircut, two bits.五十美分(U.S. Hal
6、f-dollar):four bits。如 When I was a lad, it was afour-bit (fifty cents) word.一美元(U.S. one-dollar bill):George、single、buck、clam、simoleon。如:Dude, lend me a George, Im jonesin for a Hershey bar.Can I get a five and five singles?It cost five clams for a sandwich at the restaurant.The guys got more simole
7、ons than all of us put together.两美元(U.S. two-dollar bill):deuce、Tom 、Jefferson、T.J.。如: Adeuce for the hat-check girl.五美元(U.S. five-dollar bill):five、Abe 、Lincoln 、fiver、fin(过时)、finif(过时)、finski(过时)、 five-spot、faux Euro、nickel、fever。如:Can I get a five and five singles?Guy 2: how much? Guy 1: an Abe.C
8、ould you lend me a few fivers?I mowed the guys lawn, and all he gave me was a fin.That movie ticket only cost me a finif.Can I get a five spot from you?hey i got a fever man you right?十美元(U.S. ten-dollar bill):ten、sawbuck【罗马数字十( X)看着像锯木头用的支撑物 sawbuck】、 Hamilton、ten-spot、dime 、tension。如:Slap me a saw
9、buck and Ill get us some beers, fella.I need a Twomp sack but i only got Tension!Anybody Got a Ten-Spot?Yo im broke hook me up a little dime and I pay you back soon.二十美元(U.S. twenty-dollar bill):twenty、double sawbuck【double sawbucks则指两张十美元钞票】、dub、Jackson、snap 、twenty-banger、twomp 。如:I need a Twomp s
10、ack but i only got Tension!You got that double sawbuck you owed me?That CD player is like two dubs.A jackson is a twenty dollar bill, not a cock. Thats a Johnson you dumb shit.二十五美元(没有对应的钞票):quarter。五十美元(U.S. fifty-dollar bill):fifty、fitty、half a yard、worker bee、half C、 half century。如:Hey yo how muc
11、h you paid for those jeans? Ahhh, about fitty dollas.I took him for everthing he had, Mac, which was half a yard.The 50 dollar bag, we call that half century.一百美元(U.S. one-hundred-dollar bill):a hundred、Benjamin、C-note【罗马数字一百(C)】、C 、Benji、Franklin、Frank、century note、bill 、yard、honey bee。What is in t
12、his bag?-its full of benjamins!You owe me one C-Note from that loan I gave you.Travelin Matt had a benji stitched under a patch on his pants for emergencies.Mia is definitely worth multiple franklins, how else would I get a milf muffstache?Yo Rob, i heard that stuff cost you 2 yards!I went to the ca
13、sino last night and dropped a honey bee.I got a couple of century notes for driving these guys home from the bank.Them Nikes cost over a bill.一千美元(没有对应的钞票):large【银行业】、K【源自 kilo】、grand、stack、G【源自 grand】、big one、bundle、rack。如:Thatll cost you ten big ones!I paid 5K.That mope owes Joey 50 large.I paid 20 grand for that truck and now its ruined.Let me borrow a G.Yo, I only gotta stack to play wit for the weekend.It costs at least a rack to get slugged out with plattinum, ya dig.一万美元(没有对应的钞票):rack、dime。如 Those cops pinched a dime off me when I was in.一百万美元(没有对应的钞票):rock。