groat

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ɡɹəʊt/    美 /ɡɹoʊt/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Hulled grain, chiefly hulled oats. countable,in-plural,uncountable
  2. Any of various old coins of England and Scotland. archaic,historical
    — The Widdow that hath but a pan of braſſe, And ſcarſe a houſe to hide her head, Sometimes no penny to buy her bread, Muſt pay her Landlord many a groat, Or twil be puld out of her throat:
  3. Any of various old coins of England and Scotland.; Any unit of currency worth four pence. archaic,historical
  4. Any of various old coins of England and Scotland.; A historical English coin representing such a unit: a silver coin worth four English pennies, still minted as one of the set of Maundy coins. archaic,historical
    — The needy groom, that never finger'd groat, Would make a miracle of thus much coin …
  5. A proverbial small sum; a whit or jot.

词形变化

groats plural groats plural

词汇关系

衍生词
groatless groatsworth shovegroat slidegroat

词源

词源 1
From Middle English grot, from Old English grot, from Proto-West Germanic *grot, from Proto-Germanic *grutą, related to *greutą. More at grit, grout.
词源 2
Possibly from Middle Dutch groot, the Old French gros Tournois (“a coin of Tours”), gros being from Medieval Latin denarius grossus (“large coin”). Related to German Groschen.
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