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n. 硬币, 金钱, 货币 vt. 铸币, 创造, 杜撰

发音

US /ˈkoɪ̯n/
其它 /ˈkwaɪn/
IE /ˈkɒɪ̯n/

词形变化

coins 复数 coins coined coining coins 三单 coining 现在分词 coined 过去式 coined 过去分词

别名

coine coyn coyne

教材释义与例句

名词

硬币,钱币

a piece of metal, usually flat and round, that is used as money

动词

铸造(货币);杜撰,创造

to invent a new word or expression, especially one that many people start to use

释义与例句

n. B1 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    A piece of currency, usually metallic and in the shape of a disc, but sometimes polygonal, or with a hole in the middle.

    硬币

    铜钱

    银仔

    银角仔

    角子

    铅角子

    可数 不可数 商务 金融
  2. 2.

    A token used in a special establishment like a casino.

    可数 不可数
  3. 3.

    That which serves for payment or recompense.

    可数 比喻 不可数
  4. 4.

    Something in broad circulation or use.

    比喻 不可数 可数
  5. 5.

    Money in general, not limited to coins.

    英国 美国 俚语 不可数 非裔美国英语 可数

    She spent some serious coin on that car!

  6. 6.

    One of the suits of minor arcana in tarot, or a card of that suit.

    可数 不可数 游戏
  7. 7.

    A corner or external angle.

    可数 不可数
  8. 8.

    A small circular slice of food.

    可数 不可数
  9. 9.

    Ellipsis of cryptocoin; a cryptocurrency.

    可数 非正式 不可数 商务 金融

    What's the best coin to buy right now?

v.
  1. 1.

    To make of a definite fineness, and convert into coins, as a mass of metal.

    to coin silver dollars

    to coin a medal

  2. 2.

    To make or fabricate (especially a word or phrase).

    引申义

    Over the last century the advance in science has led to many new words being coined.

  3. 3.

    To acquire rapidly, as money; to make.

词汇关系

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词源

From Middle English coyn, from Old French coigne (“wedge, cornerstone, die for stamping”), from Latin cuneus (“wedge”). Doublet of coign and cuneus. See also quoin (“cornerstone”). Displaced Middle English mynt, from Old English mynet (whence modern English mint), which was derived from Latin monēta.

来源:wiktionary