一、详细释义:


n.

硬币,钱币


例句:

This machine dispenses coffee to anyone who puts in a coin.

只要投硬币便可得到咖啡。


例句:

The reverse of the coin was stamped with an eagle.

硬币的反面压印的是一只鹰。


v.

铸造(货币) [T]


例句:

They were granted the right to coin money.

他们获得铸造钱币的授权。


例句:

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。


杜撰,创造 [T]


例句:

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。


例句:

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。


暴富,很快地赚(钱) [T]


例句:

Many private colleges are coining it.

很多私立大学正在大发其财。


例句:

One wine shop is coining money selling Wembley-label champagne.

一家葡萄酒商店正在靠出售威丽牌子的香槟大把大把赚钱。


二、词义辨析:


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。


三、相关短语:


coin collector

集币箱


coin silver

铸银,银币合金


coin slot

投币孔


coin box

n. 投币盒


coin machine

n. 自动贩卖机


四、参考例句:


Every coin has two sides.

每个硬币都有两个面(凡事都有两面性)。


Give the coin a flip.

把硬币抛向空中吧。


This coin is a counterfeit.

这枚硬币是伪造品。


This coin will not pass.

这钱币不通用。


He paid me in coin.

他付给我的都是硬币。


The coin fell and rolled away.

硬币掉下滚走了.


The new coin rounded out his collection.

这枚新硬币使他收集齐全了。


The coin rolled underneath the piano.

硬币滚到钢琴的下面了。


The coin rolled under the bed.

硬币滚到床底下去了。


Emboss a design on a coin .

在硬币上做出浮雕图案。