coin 详细解释

coin

[kɔin]

n.硬币, 金钱
vt.铸造(钱币), 创造(新词)
adj.硬币的, 投币的

n.

硬币, 钱币[C][U]

Bill collects foreign coins.

比尔收集外国硬币。

vt.

1. 铸造(货币)

The government has decided to coin more 50-penny coins.

政府决定铸造更多的五十便士硬币。

2. 创造, 杜撰(新词等)

It was Anderson who coined the word.

是安德生造了这个字。

词形变化

形容词: coinable | 名词: coiner | 动词过去式: coined | 动词过去分词: coined | 动词现在分词: coining | 动词第三人称单数: coins |

词义辨析

同义:

vt.创造, 杜撰

invent  devise  fabricate  originate  make up

n.硬币, 钱币

money  silver  

同义参见:

mint  circulation  counter  slug  

英英释义

名词 coin:

a metal piece (usually a disc) used as money

动词 coin:

make up

form by stamping, punching, or printing

同义词:mint, strike

短语词组

Pay sb. (back) in his own coin

1. 以其人之道还治其人之身

He was determined to take revenge; to pay them back in their own coin for the wrongs they had done to him.

他发誓要报复; 他们对他不公, 他要以其人之道还治其人之身。

toss/flip a coin

1. 抛硬币(决定)

Let's toss a coin to decide.

让我们来抛硬币决定吧!

补充

coincoin英:[kɔin] 美:[kɔɪn]n.1.硬币These coins are not equal value.这些硬币的币值不等。vt.1.制造硬币These pennies were coined at the mint in London.这些便士钱币是伦敦一家制币厂铸造的。2.创造

例句

1. 50 pence coins50便士的硬币 2. The minister reportedly stressed that economic and political reforms were two sides of the same coin.据报道, 部长强调经济改革和政治改革是一个问题的两个方面。 3. These findings are a reminder that low pay is the other side of the coin of falling unemployment.这些研究结果提醒人们, 失业率下降的另一面是薪酬减少。 4. Jaron Lanier coined the term 'virtual reality' and pioneered its early development.杰伦·拉尼尔创造了“虚拟现实”这个词, 并成为推动其早期发展的先驱人物。 5. The word 'lunatic' was coined to describe people who went mad at the full moon.人们杜撰了lunatic一词, 用来形容月圆时发疯的人。 6. One wine shop is coining money selling Wembley-label champagne.一家葡萄酒商店正在靠出售温布利品牌的香槟大把大把赚钱。 7. She' s coining it in with a $10 million contract with Revlon.她靠与露华浓签订的一笔1,000万美元的合同发了大财。 8. It's not, to coin a phrase, rocket science.套句老话说, 这又不比登天难。 9. Frederick's gold coin collection弗雷德里克收藏的金币 10. a coin purse装硬币的钱包 11. a coin trick硬币戏法 12. The mint is coining pennies.造币厂正在铸造每枚价值一便士的硬币。 13. to coin words造词 14. large amounts of coin and precious metal.大量钱币和贵重金属。 15. the company was coining it at the rate of £90 a second.这个公司正以每秒钟90英镑的速度赢利。 16. he coined the term ‘desktop publishing’.他创造了“桌面出版”这个术语。 17. I had to find out the hard way—to coin a phrase.套句老话说,我是费了九牛二虎之力才搞清楚的。 18. a pound coin一英镑硬币 19. Who was it who coined the phrase ‘a week is a long time in politics’?“政坛多变,度周如年”这句话是谁说的? 20. gold/silver/copper coins金/银/铜币 21. I have a dollar in coins.我有一美元的硬币。 22. "The economy is improving, but the other side of the coin is that inflation is becoming a bigger problem."经济在好转,但另一方面通货膨胀也变得日益严重。 23. "Let's toss a coin. Heads, we don't go; tails, we do."咱们抛硬币决定吧。正面,我们不去;背面,我们去。 24. These problems may seem unrelated but they are really two sides of the same coin.这些问题可能看上去互不相干,但它们确是同一事物的两个方面。 25. The coach coined the phrase “refuse to lose.”教练新创了refuse to lose这一短语。 26. William Shakespeare is believed to have coined many words.据信,威廉·莎士比亚创造了许多新词。 27. "The couple lived happily ever after, to coin a phrase."还是那句老话,这对夫妇从此过上了幸福生活。 28. The nation plans to coin more money.这个国家计划铸造更多硬币。 29. They are really coining it/money with their new CD.他们凭借自己的新唱片着实在赚大钱。