puls

puls — noun

1. One of the small units of money in Afghanistan. One hundred puls together make o

1.名詞C1
釋義

One of the small units of money in Afghanistan. One hundred puls together make one afghani, the country's main currency.

例句

Vivek found a few old puls coins in his grandfather's collection of foreign money.

countable: a few puls coins / thirty puls / several hundred puls

A loaf of bread in Kabul cost about thirty puls before prices rose.

用法筆記

The form puls is used for both singular and plural — there is no separate plural form (e.g. one puls, fifty puls). This word appears mainly in travel writing, historical coin collecting, or news about Afghan currency. Do not confuse with the English word pulse, which means heartbeat or rhythm.

常見錯誤

❌She counted each pulse in her coin purse.
✅She counted each puls in her coin purse.
💡Pulse is an English word meaning heartbeat; the currency unit is spelled puls.
❌The bus fare was ten pulses.
✅The bus fare was ten puls.
💡The plural of puls is puls, not pulses.