teston
/tes-tuhn, -ton, te-stoon/US // ˈtɛs tən, -tɒn, tɛˈstun //UK // (ˈtɛstən) //
检验,检验员,检验者,检验检疫
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : a former silver coin of France, equal at various times to between 10 and 14½ sols, bearing on the obverse a bust of the reigning king.
- : a former silver coin of England, issued by Henry VII, Henry VIII, and Edward VI, and bearing on the obverse the bust of the reigning king: equal originally to 12 pence, later to sixpence.
- : Also tes·to·ne [te-stoh-ney]. /tɛˈstoʊ neɪ/. a former silver coin of Milan, first issued in 1468, bearing on the obverse a bust of the Duke of Milan.
Examples
Une teston d'argent, o le duc Philibert est d'ung coustel et de l'aultre dame Yolent.
At St-Remy, M. Teston, who keeps the hotel named after him, is an excellent cook.
"My predecessors thought themselves dishonoured by knowing the value of a teston," Henry used to say.
That, with about a teston which it cost him in returning, is over and above the amount for printing.
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