specie

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Type or kind, in various uses of the phrase in specie. uncountable
  2. singular of species form-of,hypercorrect,singular
  3. Money in the form of coins made from precious metal that has an intrinsic value; coinage. uncountable
    — I received one month's pay in specie while on the march to Virginia, in the year 1781, and except that, I never received any pay worth the name while I belonged to the army.

词形变化

species plural

词汇关系

衍生词
nonspecie specie point
相关词
sub specie aeterni payment in kind

词源

词源 1
Originally in the phrase in specie; from Latin speciē, ablative singular of species. Compare in kind.
词源 2
Back-formation from species (plural), the final “s” being misinterpreted as a plural ending.
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