Clearing-house
[法] 票据交换联盟
📖 牛津释义
clearing-house
n office at which banks exchange cheques and then pay in cash the amount they still owe each other 票据交换所.
🧩 词语组成解析
clearing
['klɪrɪŋ]
n. 小块空地，林中空地;结算;清扫;<军>前方医院，医疗后送站;
v. 变明朗( clear的现在分词);澄清;（通过票据交换所）交换票据;
clear清晰的+ ing 名词后缀→ 空旷地
house
[haʊs]
n. 房屋;全家人;（从事某种生意的）公司;（英国）下议院;
v. 给…提供住房;收藏;安置;
🗣️ 情景例句
You sound like something's bothering you, Susan.
听起来好像你有什么心事， Susan？
She knew that a vocation this year was out of the question.
她知道今年不可能有假期。
decided to take some presents to a children's hospital.
盖茨决定送些礼物给儿童医院。