1
- a unit of weight by which the fineness of silk, rayon, or nylon yarn is measured, equal to the weight in grams of 9,000 metres of the yarn and often used to describe the thickness of hosiery旦尼尔（用于测量丝绸、人造丝或尼龙丝等纤度的重量单位, 长9,000米的丝重1克为1旦尼尔, 常用于表示袜子的厚度）：
15-denier stockings.
15旦尼尔的长袜。
2
- historical a French coin, equal to one twelfth of a sou, which was withdrawn from use in the 19th century〈史〉德尼厄尔（法国旧制银币, 12德尼厄尔等于1苏, 19世纪停止流通）。
词源
late Middle English: via Old French from Latin denarius （see DENARIUS）. Sense 1 dates from the mid 19th cent.