/'dʒaɪrəʊ; `dʒaɪro/
n (pl ~s) (commerce 商)
1 [U, C] system for transferring money directly from one bank account or post-office account to another （银行或邮局间的）直接转帐制度
*Money has been credited to your account by bank giro. 钱已由银行直接转帐入你的帐户.
* I'll pay by giro, ie using the giro system. 我用直接转帐支付.
* The British Post Office giro system is called the National Giro/Girobank. 英国邮局直接转帐制度称为全国邮政通汇转帐制.
* [attrib 作定语] a (bank) giro credit, payment, transfer, etc （银行）直接转帐贷项、直接转帐付款、直接转帐
* a giro account, ie a special account for paying through the giro system 直接转帐帐户
* a giro cheque, ie for use with a giro account 直接转帐支票.
2 [C] (Brit) giro cheque, esp one issued by the government to pay social security benefit 直接转帐支票（尤指政府支付社会保障金的）
*My giro hasn't arrived this week. 我的直接转帐支票这星期还未汇到.

npluralgiros
BrE
[Date: 1800-1900; Language: German;Origin:Italian, 'circulation of money']
[C]
a cheque paid by the government to someone who is unemployed
[U]
a system of banking in Britain in which a central computer can send money from one bank account to another electronically