| 释义 |
‖ momme|mɒm, ˈmɒmeɪ|
Also 8 mome, momi.
A Japanese measure of weight equal to 3·75 grammes.
1727J. G. Scheuchzer tr. Kæmpfer's Hist. Japan I. iv. vii. 349 The yearly value of the Cobanj..is from 55 to 59 Mome, or Maas in silver. Ibid. viii. 362 The highest value of the Cobang, as current in the country, is of sixty Momi, or Maas, of silver. 1868in Seyd Bullion 265 The quantity of silver being coined daily..was 50,000 momme. 1898Echo 20 Jan. 1/6 Heyl gives the mommes as equal to 1.75 grammes, while the correct equivalent is 3.75 grammes. 1902L. Hearn Kottō vii. 58, I have already been able to put by about one hundred mommé of silver. 1965Economist 25 Dec. 1432/1 We buy gold by the—tael in Shanghai; momme in Tokyo; tola in Karachi; hong ping tael in Macao; and kilogram in Kabul. 1974S. Marcus Minding the Store (1975) ix. 184 This select 5% are not..our best customers, but..our most exacting ones. They know..the difference between a silk scarf made of twelve-momme weight and one made of sixteen-momme. |
