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escudo

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++es·cu·do /eˈskuːdəʊ $ -doʊ/ noun (plural escudos) [countable]  the standard unit of money used in Portugal before the Euro 埃斯库多〔葡萄牙在使用欧元之前的标准货币单位〕
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escudoShe may not be able to read or write but she can convert dollars, francs, rand, etc into escudos!I pulled out some escudos to pay for it, and told him to take it home.
Origin escudo (1800-1900) Spanish and Portuguese, shield
es·cu·do nounChineseSyllable
money Corpus the Portugal unit standard used of in


escudo
escudo /eˈskuːdəʊ $ -doʊ/ noun (plural escudos) [countable]
 Date: 1800-1900
 Language: Spanish
 Origin: and Portuguese, 'shield'
the standard unit of money used in Portugal before the Euro


es·cudoBrE /eˈskuːdəʊ/ 🔊NAmE /eˈskuːdoʊ/ 🔊 noun (
plural
es·cudos
)
the unit of money in Cape Verde, and formerly in Portugal (replaced in Portugal in 2002 by the euro) 埃斯库多(佛得角货币单位,以及葡萄牙原货币单位,在葡萄牙于 2002 年为欧元所取代)