coinage

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n. 造币 [经] 造币, 货币制度

发音

其它 /ˈkɔɪnɪd͡ʒ/

词形变化

coinages 复数 coinages

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The process of coining money.

    货币制度

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  2. 2.

    Coins taken collectively; currency.

    不可数 可数
  3. 3.

    The creation of new words, neologizing.

    不可数 语言学 可数
  4. 4.

    Something which has been made or invented, especially a coined word; a neologism.

    可数 语言学 不可数

    Most importantly perhaps, it is evident that the impression of archaicity which any reader will experience on reading The Lord of the Rings is partly due to three simple lexical causes: the “overuse” of words borrowed from nineteenth-century fiction (e.g. yonder, journey [v], topmost), the avoidance of words associated with the modern world and the comparatively dense use of new coinages, unusual grammatical patterns, rare or obsolescent words.

  5. 5.

    The process of creating something new.

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词源

Inherited from Middle English coynage, from Old French coignage, from coignier. By surface analysis, coin + -age.

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