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Moola (also spelled moolah) is a , informal American word for money. “Where’s the moola?” means “Where’s the cash?” It has been around since the 1920s. It sounds a bit old-fashioned and playful now — more like a film from decades ago, or a teasing, than like young street slang. You would not use it in a bank or a serious letter. Nobody is sure where it came from.
錢、鈔票（美式、開玩笑、有點老派）
組成Unknown; attested since the 1920s. Suggested origins — none accepted by mainstream dictionaries — include Romani mol “be worth,” Irish moll óir “heap of gold” (unlikely: the sounds do not match well), French moulin “mill,” Chinook Jargon moola “mill,” Sanskrit mūlya “capital,” and a coinage by a friend of the writer Damon Runyon.
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
moolanoun詞源 1/ˈmuːˌlɑː/
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informalMoney, cash.
- “Well, to fix this house, we need money, correct? Does anyone know if we have any money? Anyone?” “Uh...” “Cash.” “Coin.” “Moola.” “Gold.” “Wonga.” “Rubles.” “Milk.” “Lettuce.” “Bread.” “Dough.” “Sweet cream.” “Stripper tips.” “Anyone?” “Colin Robinson was in charge of paying all the bills in the house, and now Colin Robinson is dead.”
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。