rand

rand — 名詞

1. the official currency of South Africa — one rand is divided into 100 cents, and

1.名詞B1
釋義

南非蘭特

南非的標準貨幣單位

the official currency of South Africa — one rand is divided into 100 cents, and is used to buy goods and pay for services throughout the country.

例句

Eve exchanged her American dollars for rand at the Johannesburg airport.

Eve 在約翰尼斯堡機場把她的美元換成了南非蘭特。

exchange [currency] for rand

Diya paid 350 rand for a guided tour of the safari park.

Diya 花了 350 蘭特參加野生動物園的導覽行程。

pay [amount] rand for [item]

同義詞
  • ZAR

    the three-letter ISO currency code used in banking and foreign exchange markets; the equivalent of USD or EUR

  • R

    the symbol used before amounts, like the dollar sign ($); e.g. 'R50' means 50 rand

  • South African rand

    the full official name, used to avoid confusion with other currencies called 'rand'

文法句型

[number] + rand

rand + per + [unit]

用法筆記

Unlike most English currency names, 'rand' usually stays the same in the plural: '50 rand' (not '50 rands'), especially in formal financial writing.

常見錯誤

❌I have 200 rands in my pocket.
✅I have 200 rand in my pocket.
💡'Rand' does not usually add an -s in the plural.