coin

英 [kɔɪn] 美 [kɔɪn]

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

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. 硬币

   piece of metal used as money

v. (动词)

1. vt. 制造硬币,制成硬币

   make coins by stamping metal; make metal into coins

2. vt. 创造

   invent

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 硬币，钱币，金币，货币，金属货币
2. 金钱
3. 辅币
4. 铸币
5. 恩惠
6. 特点

v. 动词

1. 创造（新词语） ， 新创，首创
2. 杜撰
3. 铸造（货币），制造，造硬币
4. 靠...赚钱
5. 提出
6. 起（名字）
7. 暴富，赚大钱，发大财
8. 套用一句老话，用老话来说
9. 引出为逗趣而稍加改动的名言

英英释义

Noun:

1. a flat metal piece (usually a disc) used as money

Verb:

1. make up;

   "coin phrases or words"
   

2. form by stamping, punching, or printing;

   "strike coins"
   "strike a medal"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. He put a coin into the insertion slot.
   他往投币孔投入一枚硬币。
2. He paid me in coin.
   他付给我的都是硬币。
3. Father dug up an old coin in the garden.
   父亲在花园里掘出一枚古钱币。

用作及物动词 (vt.)

1. They were granted the right to coin money.
   他们获得铸造钱币的授权。
2. The government has decided to coin more one-yuan pieces.
   政府决定再多铸造一些一元的硬币。
3. Who coined the word "quiz" ?
   谁创造的“quiz”这个词呀？
4. We'd better not coin terms that are intelligible to nobody.
   我们最好不要生造谁也不懂的词语。

用作形容词 (adj.)

1. The reverse of the coin was stamped with an eagle.
   硬币的反面压印的是一只鹰。
2. Instead, acknowledge both sides of the coin.
   认识到了硬币的两个面。
3. This is a coin washing machine.
   这是一台投币式洗衣机。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. This coin rings true.
   这枚硬币听声音是真的。
2. Gold coins clinked in his hand.
   金币在他手里作响。
3. I changed a ￡5 note because I needed some coins for the ticket machine.
   我把一张5英镑的钞票换成了零钱,因为我在售票机上买票需要硬币。
4. The two boys agreed to decide the matter by tossing a coin.
   两个男孩决定以投硬币的方式来决定这件事情。
5. He collects foreign coins.
   他收集外国硬币。
6. The price of gold coins fluctuates in tune with commodities.
   金币价格随商品涨落。
7. On the outbreak of war the Government called in all gold coins and replaced it by notes.
   在战争爆发的时候,政府下令收回所有的金币,并代之以纸币。
8. He paid me in coin.
   他付给我的都是硬币。
9. Some gold coins were dug out from the ground.
   几枚金币从地下被挖了出来。
10. He posed as an expert on old coins.
    他装作是个古钱币专家。
11. Some of the Chinese old coins are round.
    中国有些古钱币是圆形的。
12. The gold sovereign has become a rare coin nowadays.
    金镑今天已成为稀有硬币。
13. Pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters are United States coins.1
    分铜币、5分镍币、1角银币和2角5分银币是美国硬币。
14. That dress cost me plenty of coin.
    那件衣服花了我很多钱。

用作动词 (v.)

用作及物动词

S+～+ n./pron.

1. He has coined several new technical words which are now widely used.
   他曾创造过几个现在广泛应用的新技术用语。
2. Who coined the word “nuke”?
   是谁造出nuke这个词的?
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3. Many pennies were coined in this factory.
   很多便士都是这家工厂铸造的。
4. This new word was coined by him.
   这个新词是他创造的。

S+～+ n./pron. +to- v

1. He coined a new word to name the newly discovered element.
   他造了一个新词来命名这种新元素。

其他

v -ed as Attrib.

1. He prefers coined money.
   他喜欢铸造的货币。
2. A newly-coined word has come into appearance in magazines.
   杂志上已有一个新造的词出现。

经典引文

• Words are..the coins of intellectual exchange.

  出自： fig.

• He would coin a smile for the instant.

  出自： Disraeli

• The word 'psychiatry' was coined to refer to the institution of a discipline within medicine.

  出自： R. D. Laing

常用短语

用作名词 (n.)

pay in one's own coin

以其人之道，还治其人之身 treat sb in the same way as they have treated others
pay sb in one's own coin
Since she refused to help me, the next time she asks me for a favor I will pay her back in her own coins.

因为她拒绝帮助我,所以下次她要我帮忙时,我一定以其人之道，还治其人之身。

the other side of the coin

问题的另一面 the other or opposite side of an argument, situation, etc.

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• collect coins 收集硬币
• drop coins 投硬币
• issue coins 发行硬币
• mint coins 铸造硬币
• throw coins 丢硬币
• toss coins 掷硬币

形容词+～

• false coin 伪硬币
• foreign coin 外国硬币
• rare coin 稀有硬币
• true coin 真币

名词+～

• antique coin 古钱币
• copper coin 铜币
• gold coin 金币
• silver coin 银币

用作动词 (v.)

～+名词

• coin money 发大财
• coin new words 创造新词
• coin technical words 创造科技术语

词语用法

n. (名词)

1. coin的基本意思是“硬币”,指用金属铸造而成,可用于货币流通的特殊货币,在口语中还可指“钱财”。
2. coin是可数名词,在表示“一枚硬币”时,可以说a coin。

v. (动词)

1. coin用作名词时意思是“铸造而成的硬币”，用作动词时意思则是“铸造硬币”,引申可指“创造”。
2. coin是及物动词,接名词或代词作宾语,可用于被动结构。
3. coin的过去分词可用作形容词,在句中多用作定语。

词义辨析

n. (名词)

coin, cash, coinage, currency, money, specie

• 这组词的共同意思是“钱,货币”。其区别是：
• 1.money最早指金属制成的钱币,现在纸币也包含在内; cash指“现金,现款”。例如:
• The shop doesn't accept cheques; it wants cash.这家商店不收支票,只收现金。
• 2.coin, coinage, specie均指“硬币”, coin主要指“金币,银币”。例如:
• This is a kind of gold coin.这是一种金币。coinage主要指“货币制”。例如:
• What sort of coinage do they use in Britain?在英国使用哪种货币制?
• specie强调的是“硬币支付”。例如:
• Payments were demanded in specie.通常要求用硬币支付。
• 3.currency指一国、一地区现时市场上流通的货币。例如:
• Which currency is among the strongest in the world?世界上哪种货币最有价值?

money，cash，coin，currency

• 这些名词均有“(金)钱”之意。
• money钱的通称，可以是硬币可以是纸币，也可指用作货币的其它物品。
• cash特指立即可以兑现的现金或现款。
• coin指铸造的硬币。
• currency指在流通中的货币，是全部流通中通货的总称，也可指纸币。

词源解说

• ☆ 直接源自古法语的coin，意为制造币的模，印模。

近反义词

【近义词】

• money 财产
• invent 发明
• devise 设计
• make up 弥补
• currency 货币
• originate 发起
• change 变化
• coinage 硬币
• silver 银币
• denomination 名称
• create 创造
• think up 想出
• fabricate 编造
• circulation 流通
• up 向上
• make 做
• mint 薄荷
• slug 蛞蝓
• counter 柜台
• strike 罢工
• cash 现金