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yen n.日元n.上瘾vi.对 ... 上瘾 (1) 我给了这乞丐整整一千日元。(2) 请将两万日元换成美金。(3) 她看侦探小说看上瘾了。 Yen is a casual word––think of it like "hankering." If you have an easy time remembering rhymes, think "I sometimes have a yen, to go back home again." Sometimes yen can even work as a verb––you can yen for pancakes, or yen for truffles, or yen for a time when you yenned for things other than food.

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英 [jen] 美 [jen] (1) I gave the beggar as much as 1,000 yen.(2) Please exchange twenty thousand yen into dollars.(3) She's developed a yen for detective stories. Besides being the name of the Japanese currency, yen (a different yen) means a casual desire. You can have a yen for sushi, and if you're in Japan, you can pay for the sushi with the yen in your wallet. 1[N-COUNT 可数名词]日元（日本货币单位） The yen is the unit of currency used in Japan.   [usu num N]  [the N]She's got a part-time job for which she earns 2,000 yen a month.她有一份月收入2,000日元的兼职工作。The yen is also used to refer to the Japanese currency system.日元（日本货币体系）...sterling's devaluation against the dollar and the yen.英镑对美元和日元的贬值2[N-SING 单数名词]渴望；强烈的欲望；热望 If you have a yen to do something, you have a strong desire to do it.   [usu a N]Mike had a yen to try cycling...迈克非常想试试骑自行车。He's a natural with any kind of engine but he has an unfortunate yen for speed.他天生对各种发动机就非常在行，但却过分追求速度。

英语单词	yen
英美音标	英 [jen] 美 [jen]
中文释义	n.日元 n.上瘾 vi.对 ... 上瘾
英语例句	(1) I gave the beggar as much as 1,000 yen. (2) Please exchange twenty thousand yen into dollars. (3) She's developed a yen for detective stories.
中文例句	(1) 我给了这乞丐整整一千日元。 (2) 请将两万日元换成美金。 (3) 她看侦探小说看上瘾了。
vocabulary简明	Besides being the name of the Japanese currency, yen (a different yen) means a casual desire. You can have a yen for sushi, and if you're in Japan, you can pay for the sushi with the yen in your wallet.
vocabulary扩展	Yen is a casual word––think of it like "hankering." If you have an easy time remembering rhymes, think "I sometimes have a yen, to go back home again." Sometimes yen can even work as a verb––you can yen for pancakes, or yen for truffles, or yen for a time when you yenned for things other than food.
柯林斯解释	1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]日元（日本货币单位） The yen is the unit of currency used in Japan. [usu num N] [the N] She's got a part-time job for which she earns 2,000 yen a month. 她有一份月收入2,000日元的兼职工作。 The yen is also used to refer to the Japanese currency system.日元（日本货币体系） ...sterling's devaluation against the dollar and the yen. 英镑对美元和日元的贬值 2 [N-SING 单数名词]渴望；强烈的欲望；热望 If you have a yen to do something, you have a strong desire to do it. [usu a N] Mike had a yen to try cycling... 迈克非常想试试骑自行车。 He's a natural with any kind of engine but he has an unfortunate yen for speed. 他天生对各种发动机就非常在行，但却过分追求速度。

Yen N She's Japanese Casual Time Currency [Usu