Abraham Lincoln

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An emancipator or analogous reformer.
    — (Table of contents, pg. viii) The Abraham Lincoln of Mexico (pg. 124-5) He has been called the Washington or the Lincoln of Mexico ; To him Mexico owes the Laws of the Reform and the concessions that have brought railways into the country and opened it up to commercial relations with the rest of the world.
  2. A United States five-dollar bill. US,rare,slang
    — Say—I got the telephone bill this morning. Fifty-two clams for long distance. I’m just an extra, James, not a star. I can’t afford fifty-two Abraham Lincolns for the phone.
  3. A penny (United States coin). US,rare,slang
    — It was the same expression Grampa had worn the first time they played this game, right before he declared himself the winner. / He waffled over his options a few seconds longer, then tossed the required coins in the middle of the table and added two more. “I lift your Abraham Lincolns with an additional two.” / Garner rolled his eyes toward the ceiling. “How many times have I got to tell you people? You’re supposed to say, ‘I raise you,’ not lift!” / “All right. I raise you two Abraham Lincolns.”

词形变化

Abraham Lincolns plural

词源

From Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865), the sixteenth president of the United States of America, noted for his integrity and for abolishing slavery. Senses 2 and 3 are after the portrait of Lincoln featured on them.
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