wampum
n. 貝殼念珠,<美俚>金錢
1. informal terms for money
2. small cylindrical beads made from polished shells and fashioned into strings or belts; used by certain Native American peoples as jewelry or currency
They paid a lot of wampum for the job.
他們為那工作付出很多的錢.
I brought some wampum from North America.
我從北美買了一些貝殼串珠.
Wampum was made of seashells.
貝殼串珠是用海貝殼製作的.