• n. 日元（日本貨幣單位）；渴望
• vi. 渴望
• n. (Yen)人名；(土、柬)延

日元最終來(lái)自漢語(yǔ)圓，癮來(lái)自廣東話煙癮，鴉片癮。

yen (n.1)

Japanese monetary unit, 1875, from Japanese yen, from Chinese yuan "round, round object, circle, dollar."

yen (n.2)

"sharp desire, hunger," 1906, earlier yen-yen (1900), yin (1876) "intense craving for opium," from Chinese (Cantonese) yan "craving," or from a Beijing dialect word for "smoke." Reinforced in English by influence of yearn.

1. In early trading in Tokyo, the dollar fell sharply against the yen.

在東京市場(chǎng)早市開(kāi)盤時(shí)，美元對(duì)日元的比價(jià)急劇下跌。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句

2. Tuesday's notable gainer was Sony, which reached a high of 9,070 yen.

星期二的大贏家為索尼公司，其股票上漲至9,070日元的高點(diǎn)。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句

3. Mike had a yen to try cycling.

邁克非常想試試騎自行車。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句

4. The yen is to be revalued.

日元的兌換價(jià)將調(diào)高。

來(lái)自《權(quán)威詞典》

5. I've always had a yen to travel around the world.

我一直非?？释苡问澜?。

來(lái)自《權(quán)威詞典》