yen

英[jen]美[jen]
  • n. 日元
  • n. 上瘾
  • vi. 对 … 上瘾

    • 记忆方法

    词源词根法
    日元最终来自汉语圆，瘾来自广东话烟瘾，鸦片瘾。清朝末年，外国商人因鸦片有利可图把大量鸦片运进中国毒害中国人，许多中国人吸鸦片成瘾，19世纪中期进入美国的华工中也不乏有烟瘾的人。yen一词就是汉语“烟瘾”（yenyin）中“瘾”（yin）字的讹用，20世纪初始用于美国英语。美国人很可能原想以“烟瘾”喻指“渴望”或“嗜好”，但却取错了字，把中国人的“瘾头”变成了英语中的“烟头”了。另有一种解释认为，yen系由yearn（渴望）或yearning（渴望）演变而来。

    双解例句

    noun(名词)
    1. [ C ] 日元

      She earns 400,000 yen a month as an English teacher in Tokyo.

      她在东京做英语老师，每月薪水40万日元。

    2. [ S ] （相对于其他货币的）日元（价格）

      The yen fell/rose against (= was worth less/more compared to) the dollar today.

      今天，日元对美元价格下跌/上升了。

    3. [ C usually singular ] 渴望，热望

      I have a yen for travelling.

      我渴望出去旅行。

    小知识

    Besides being the name of the Japanese currency, yen (a different yen) means a casual desire. You can have a yen for sushi, and if you're in Japan, you can pay for the sushi with the yen in your wallet.

    Yen is a casual word––think of it like “hankering.” If you have an easy time remembering rhymes, think “I sometimes have a yen, to go back home again.” Sometimes yen can even work as a verb––you can yen for pancakes, or yen for truffles, or yen for a time when you yenned for things other than food.

    实用短语

    1. donnie yen

      甄子丹,甄子丹弹琴,导,主

    2. japanese yen

      日元,日圆,日本,货币名称日元

    3. cindy yen

      袁咏琳,同名专辑,你不爱我了,海阔天空

    4. yen-j

      严爵

    5. ng yen yen

      黄燕燕

    6. kenneth yen

      严凯泰

    7. tung-yen lin

      林同炎

    8. yen-wen kuo

      郭严文

    常用短语

    1. japanese yen

      日元

    单词用法

    词组短语
    japanese yen日元；