| 单词 | dubbeltjie |
| 释义 | ‖ dubbeltjie S. Afr.|ˈdœbəlcɪ|
Also dubbeltjiedoring |-ˌdɒrəŋ|; duiweltjie |ˈdœʏvəlcɪ| and (formerly) dubbeltje(doorn).
1. [Afrikaans, of uncertain origin.] One of several South African weeds, esp. Tribulus terrestris or Emex australis; also the spiny, angular burr of any of these weeds.
1795tr. Thunberg's Trav. (ed. 2) I. 148 The seed-vessels of the rumex spinosus (dubelties). 1827T. Phillips Scenes in Albany & Caffer-Land vi. 100 Our dogs were soon disabled by a prickly seed which gets into their feet..called a dubbeltje. 1912East London Dispatch 13 Sept. 7/4 The every-increasing spread of the ‘Dubbeltje Doorn’ weed. 1949Cape Argus (Mag. Section) 2 Apr. 2/5 A sheet of yellow dubbeltjie blossom.
2. [Afrikaans, f. Du. dubbeltje double stiver, double penny.] A penny; in pl., money, pence. Cf. doublejee, etc.
1822W. J. Burchell Trav. Interior S. Afr. I. iii. 78 The only current coin, are English penny-pieces, which here pass for the value of two pence, and are called dubbeltjes. 1833S. Kay Trav. Caffraria ii. xi. 283 At last he scarcely had dublejees (pence) sufficient to carry him back to the Colony. 1949L. G. Green In Land of Afternoon (1950) vii. 102 English coins became legal tender at the Cape in 1806, and the heavy ‘cartwheel’ penny pieces bearing the head of George III soon became known as ‘dubbeltjes’, as they were worth two pence. |
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