old money

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Families that have been wealthy for generations or members of such families. derogatory,idiomatic,often,uncountable
    — They found, for example, a significant difference in emphasis as you moved from the “old money” rich, or true elite, to the “new money” rich, or unseasoned elite. The women of “old money” families tend to be relatively indifferent to swings in fashion; and their taste is oriented more to that of the British upper classes than to the French.
  2. The monetary system used in the United Kingdom and Ireland before decimalisation in 1971 and consisting of pounds, shillings, pence and farthings. Ireland,UK,uncountable
  3. The imperial system of measurement or Fahrenheit, as opposed to the metric system or Celsius. Ireland,UK,humorous,uncountable
    — These scales say I weigh 72 kilograms; what's that in old money?

词汇关系

近义词
vieux riche
反义词
new money nouveau riche
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