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ducatn. gold coin of varyingvalue,formerly in use in manyEuropean countries (The Vene-tian ducat was worth betweenfour and five shillings.)杜卡特,过去曾在欧洲各国流行过的金币名,币值不一。威尼斯的杜卡特值英国四至五先令之间。 △Mer.1.3. 1: “Three thousand ducats,well.” 三千块钱,嗯。 △Com.4.1.30:“amount to three odd ducats more”,总数还多出三块多钱。 △Gent.1.1.147 (137):“no,not somuch as a ducat for delivering your letter.”把你的信送去,连一块银币也得不到。 △Shr.2.1. 363 (369):“Besidestwo thousand ducats by the year”,除了每年两千金币的收入。 
ducat for a ducat: I’ll wager a ducat; his life is worth onlya ducat; he dies for the price of a ducat (有不同解释)❶我拿一块银币打赌; ❷他的命只值一块银币; ❸他为了一块银币的代价而死。 △Ham.3.4.23:“How now? A rat? Dead,for a ducat,dead!”怎么? 一只耗子? 我拿一块钱打赌,你死吧!ducat[ˈdʌkət]n.入场券,门票 (pl.)钱 |