cash

cash — 名詞

1. physical money such as paper bills and metal coins that people use for daily pur

1.名詞A2
釋義

現金

紙鈔和硬幣形式的錢

physical money such as paper bills and metal coins that people use for daily purchases, as opposed to funds held in a bank or spent by card.

例句

The old bakery only accepts cash, not cards or phone payments.

那家老麵包店只收現金，不接受刷卡或手機付款。

cash as payment method contrasted with card

Ravi keeps a small amount of cash in his wallet for emergencies.

Ravi 在皮夾裡放少量現金以備不時之需。

uncountable: a small amount of cash

同義詞
  • money

    broader term that includes bank-account funds and digital currency; cash is a subset of money

  • currency

    more formal; refers to the official money system of a country rather than physical notes and coins

  • notes and coins

    a descriptive phrase rather than a single word; more explicit about the physical form

反義詞
  • credit

    payment method where money is borrowed from a bank and paid later

  • card payment

    digital payment using a debit or credit card

文法句型

cash + noun (cash payment, cash register)

用法筆記

Uncountable — never 'a cash' or 'cashes'. To count individual units, use 'a note' or 'a coin'.

常見錯誤

❌I need to get some cashes from the bank.
✅I need to get some cash from the bank.
💡cash is uncountable and has no plural form.
❌Can I pay by cash?
✅Can I pay in cash?' or 'Can I pay with cash?
💡the standard preposition is 'in' or 'with', not 'by'.

cash — 動詞