quid: English has two words quid. The colloquial term for a ‘pound’ appears to be the same word as Latin quid ‘something’, and may have been inspired by the expression quid pro quo [16], literally ‘something for something’. Quid ‘piece of chewing tobacco’ [18] is a variant of cud. => cud
quid (n.1)
"bite-sized piece" (of tobacco, etc.), 1727, dialectal variant of Middle English cudde, from Old English cudu, cwidu (see cud).
quid (n.2)
"one pound sterling," 1680s, British slang, possibly from quid "that which is, essence," (c. 1600, see quiddity), as used in quid pro quo (q.v.), or directly from Latin quid "what, something, anything." Compare French quibus, noted in Barrêre's dictionary of French argot (1889) for "money, cash," said to be short for quibus fiunt omnia.
实用例句
1. I'll pay you back that two quid tomorrow.
我明天还你那两英镑。来自柯林斯例句
2. It cost him five hundred quid.
这花了他500英镑。来自柯林斯例句
3. Can you lend me five quid?
你借给我五镑钱行吗？来自《权威词典》
4. He earns at least 300 quid a week.
他一星期至少挣300英镑.来自《简明英汉词典》
5. They share a great deal of information on a quid pro quo basis.
