zimbi

名词 n.
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英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A cowrie shell, once used as a form of currency in parts of Africa. archaic
    — In the kingdom of Congo there is said to be another kind of shell current, called zimbi. Two thousand of these zimbi form a maconti or macinte; and one of the writers on Central Africa some years ago stated that two Flemish knives were deemed worth a maconti; a copper basin, two pounds in weight and twelve inches in diameter, three maconti; a fusee, ten macontis, &c.

词形变化

zimbi plural
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