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- vt. 鑄造（貨幣）；杜撰，創(chuàng)造
- n. 硬幣，錢幣
- n. (Coin)人名；(西、意)科因；(法)庫安
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詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?coins;第三人稱單數(shù):?coins;過去式:?coined;過去分詞:?coined;現(xiàn)在分詞:?coining;
中文詞源
coin 硬幣，創(chuàng)造新詞語
詞源同cone, cuneiform(楔形). 來自PIE*ak, 尖，刺，見acid, acumen. 最早指鑄造貨幣的楔形模子，后指鑄造的硬幣及創(chuàng)造義。
英英釋意
- 1. a metal piece (usually a disc) used as money
英文詞源
- coin
- coin: [14] Latin cuneus meant ‘wedge’ (from it we get cuneiform ‘wedge-shaped script’). It passed into Old French as coing or coin, where it developed a variety of new meanings. Primary amongst these was ‘corner-stone’ or ‘corner’, a sense preserved in English mainly in the now archaic spelling quoin. But also, since the die for stamping out money was often wedge-shaped, or operated in the manner of a wedge, it came to be referred to as a coin, and the term soon came to be transferred to the pieces of money themselves.
=> quoin - coin (n.)
- c. 1300, "a wedge," from Old French coing (12c.) "a wedge; stamp; piece of money; corner, angle," from Latin cuneus "a wedge." The die for stamping metal was wedge-shaped, and the English word came to mean "thing stamped, a piece of money" by late 14c. (a sense that already had developed in French). Compare quoin, which split off from this word 16c. Modern French coin is "corner, angle, nook." Coins were first struck in western Asia Minor in 7c. B.C.E.; Greek tradition and Herodotus credit the Lydians with being first to make and use coins of silver and gold.
- coin (v.)
- "to coin money," mid-14c., from coin (n.). Related: Coined; coining. To coin a phrase is late 16c. A Middle English word for minter was coin-smiter.
同義詞辨析
money, cash, coin, currency
這些名詞均有"金錢"之意。
money： 錢的通稱，可以是硬幣可以是紙幣，也可指用作貨幣的其它物品。
cash： 特指立即可以兌現(xiàn)的現(xiàn)金或現(xiàn)款。
coin： 指鑄造的硬幣。
currency： 指在流通中的貨幣，是全部流通中通貨的總稱，也可指紙幣。
考試真題
- No more counting out coins.
出自-2015年12月閱讀原文
- In a study published last year, psychologists coined the term workplace telepressure to describe an employee's urge to immediately respond to emails and engage in obsessive thoughts about returning an email to one's boss, colleagues or clients.
出自-2016年12月閱讀原文
- When a noted leader on the art of management, Peter Drucker, coined the phrase "Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things," he was seeking to clarify the distinctions he associates with the terms.
出自-2011年12月閱讀原文
- A coin is put into the cake, which signifies 預(yù)示 success in the new year for the person who receives it.
2015年高考英語安徽卷 閱讀理解 閱讀E 原文
- It was coined by the trans-research institute to describe a new philosophy by which high achievers at work chose a lower salary in exchange for a better quality of life.
2015年高考英語上海卷 聽力 原文
- Motivation and goal setting are the two sides of same coin.
2019年高考英語全國卷2 閱讀理解 七選五 原文
詞組搭配
pay someone back in their own coin
retaliate by similar behaviour
以其人之道，還治其人之身
to coin a phrase
said ironically when introducing a banal remark or cliché
套用一種說法
I had to find out the hard way—to coin a phrase.
套句老話說，我是費(fèi)了九牛二虎之力才搞清楚的。
the other side of the coin
One of two differing or opposing views or sides.
反面，反面意見：兩個不同的或相反的觀點(diǎn)和方面之一
實(shí)用場景例句
- Oh well, no news is good news, to coin a phrase.
- 噢，常言道，沒有消息就是好消息。
牛津詞典
- a euro coin
- 歐元硬幣
牛津詞典
- notes and coin
- 紙幣和硬幣
牛津詞典
- The term ‘cardboard city ’ was coined to describe communities of homeless people living in cardboard boxes.
- 人們創(chuàng)造了cardboard city一詞，用來指居住在紙板棚屋里無家可歸者的居住區(qū)。
牛津詞典
- The minister reportedly stressed that economic and political reforms were two sides of the same coin.
- 據(jù)報道，部長強(qiáng)調(diào)經(jīng)濟(jì)改革和政治改革是一個問題的兩個方面。
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- ...50 pence coins.
- 50便士的硬幣
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- ...Frederick's gold coin collection.
- 弗雷德里克收藏的金幣
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- Jaron Lanier coined the term 'virtual reality' and pioneered its early development...
- 杰倫·拉尼爾創(chuàng)造了“虛擬現(xiàn)實(shí)”這個詞，并成為推動其早期發(fā)展的先驅(qū)人物。
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- The word 'lunatic' was coined to describe people who went mad at the full moon.
- lunatic是個生造詞，用來形容月圓時發(fā)瘋的人。
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- Many private colleges are coining it...
- 很多私立大學(xué)正在大發(fā)其財。
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- One wine shop is coining money selling Wembley-label champagne.
- 一家葡萄酒商店正在靠出售威麗牌子的香檳大把大把賺錢。
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- Fifty local musicians have, to coin a phrase, banded together to form the Jazz Umbrella.
- 50名當(dāng)?shù)氐囊魳芳遥脗€雙關(guān)詞，“聯(lián)合起來”（band亦有“樂隊(duì)”之意）組成了“爵士樂大聯(lián)盟”。
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- These findings are a reminder that low pay is the other side of the coin of falling unemployment.
- 這些研究結(jié)果提醒人們，失業(yè)率下降的另一面是低薪。
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- Stamp collecting and coin collecting are parallel hobbies.
- 集郵和收藏硬幣是相似的愛好.
《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》
- The coin has a crowned lion on its reverse.
- 這枚硬幣反面的圖案是個戴皇冠的獅子.
《簡明英漢詞典》
- Put a coin in the slot.
- 將硬幣放入投幣口.
《簡明英漢詞典》
- A coin has two sides, a head and a tail.
- 硬幣有正反兩面.
《簡明英漢詞典》
- An old coin was dug up in the garden.
- 在花園里挖出了一枚古硬幣.
《簡明英漢詞典》
- This coin is a counterfeit.
- 這個硬幣是偽造的.
《簡明英漢詞典》
- The child knelt down to look for a coin he had dropped.
- 這個小孩跪下找他掉的一個錢幣.
《簡明英漢詞典》
- He tossed the beggar a coin.
- 他把一枚硬幣扔給那個乞丐.
《簡明英漢詞典》
- She slid a coin into the drawer.
- 她輕輕地把一枚硬幣塞到抽屜里.
《簡明英漢詞典》
- However, I found a valuable ancient coin instead.
- 然而, 我發(fā)現(xiàn)了一枚有價值的古代硬幣.
《用法詞典》
- Third World countries receive a lot of money from developed countries, but the other side of the coin is that they have to spend this money on expensive imports.
- 第三世界國家從發(fā)達(dá)國家那里得到了很多經(jīng)濟(jì)上的援助, 可另一方面,他們不得不把這些錢花在昂貴的貨品進(jìn)口上.
《簡明英漢詞典》