dollar

英 [ˈdɒlə(r)]

美 [ˈdɑːlər]

n. 元(美国、加拿大、澳大利亚等国的货币单位); 一元(纸币或硬币); 美元(币值)

复数：dollars　

Oxford 3000 / Collins.5 / BNC.2340

习惯用语

you can bet your life/your bottom dollar (on sth/(that)…)

look/feel like a million dollars/bucks

noun

元（美国、加拿大、澳大利亚等国的货币单位）
the unit of money in the US, Canada, Australia and several other countries
1. You will be paid in American dollars.
  你的报酬将以美元支付。
一元（纸币或硬币）
a banknote or coin worth one dollar
1. Do you have a dollar?
  你有一元钱吗？
2. a dollar bill
  一元钞票
美元（币值）
the value of the US dollar compared with the value of the money of other countries
1. The dollar closed two cents down.
  收市时美元下降了二分。

N-COUNT 元(美国、加拿大、澳大利亚等国的货币单位)
Thedollaris the unit of money used in the USA, Canada, Australia, and some other countries. It is represented by the symbol $. A dollar is divided into one hundred smaller units called cents.
1. She gets paid seven dollars an hour...
  她的报酬是每小时 7元。
2. The government is spending billions of dollars on new urban rail projects.
  政府正把数十亿元花在新城市铁路项目上。
3. The dollaris also used to refer to the American currency system.
4. In early trading in Tokyo, the dollar fell sharply against the yen.
  在东京市场早市开盘时，美元对日元的比价急剧下跌。
PHRASE 花大价钱
If you paytop dollarfor something, you pay a lot of money for it.
1. Japanese investors once paid top dollar for the most glamorous hotels in the United States.
  日本投资者曾为投资美国高档酒店一掷千金。

noun

a symbol of commercialism or greed
1. he worships the almighty dollar
2. the dollar sign means little to him
Synonym:dollar markdollar sign
a United States coin worth one dollar
1. the dollar coin has never been popular in the United States
a piece of paper money worth one dollar
Synonym:dollar billone dollar billbuckclam
the basic monetary unit in many countries

The government is spending billions of dollars on new urban rail projects.
政府正把数十亿元花在新城市铁路项目上。
The US dollar is down against most foreign currencies today.
今天美元对大多数外汇的比价都有所下降。
The US dollar continued to slide
美元继续贬值。
The government was ready to let the pound sink to parity with the dollar if necessary.
政府准备在必要的时候将英镑降到与美元平价。
It has grown from a one-man business to a multi-million dollar business with close to$ 10 million in assets
它已从一个人经营的生意发展成资产规模近千万、业务额达数百万美元的公司。
The dollar fell to within a hair's breadth of its all-time low
美元差一点跌到了最低点。
He threw a folded dollar on the counter.
他将折起的1美元钞票扔到柜台上。
The dollar strengthened against most other currencies
美元相对大多数其他货币都升值了。
Japanese investors once paid top dollar for the most glamorous hotels in the United States.
日本投资者曾为投资美国高档酒店一掷千金。
In Brussels the dollar rose by a ninth of a cent
在布鲁塞尔美元升值了1/9美分。