half-dollar

基本解释

We also have half- dollar and one- dollar coins.
我们还有五毛和一元的硬币。
Eugene knelt beside the checkers, with his last half-dollar in his palm, heedless of Sinkers bitter taunt.
尤金跪在地上跳棋盘边，手心里握着最后的半元钱，不理会旁边辛格的冷言冷语。
Both the United States silver dollar and half-dollar, first minted in 1794, had a figure of Liberty on one side and a eagle on the reverse side.
最初铸造于1794年，美国的一元银币和半元银币上都是在一面上有自由之像，并且另一面是一只鹰。

He says the group used a million-and-a-half-dollar donation from the Nike Foundation to expand the program to cricket players in India.

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