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🔑 coinBrE /kɔɪn/NAmE /kɔɪn/ noun🔑 [C] a small flat piece of metal used as money (一枚)硬币;金属货币◆a euro coin 欧元硬币 [U] money made of metal (统称)硬币◆notes and coin 纸币和硬币 ●the other side of the ˈcointhe aspect of a situation that is the opposite of or contrasts with the one you have been talking about 事情的另一面●two ˌsides of the same ˈcoinused to talk about two ways of looking at the same situation 同一事物的两个方面 🔑 coinBrE /kɔɪn/NAmE /kɔɪn/ verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they coin BrE /kɔɪn/ NAmE /kɔɪn/present simple - he / she / it coins BrE /kɔɪnz/ NAmE /kɔɪnz/past simple coined BrE /kɔɪnd/ NAmE /kɔɪnd/past participle coined BrE /kɔɪnd/ NAmE /kɔɪnd/ -ing form coining BrE /ˈkɔɪnɪŋ/ NAmE /ˈkɔɪnɪŋ/~ sthto invent a new word or phrase that other people then begin to use 创造(新词语)◆The term 'cardboard city' was coined to describe communities of homeless people living in cardboard boxes. 人们创造了 cardboard city 一词,用来指居住在纸板棚里的无家可归者所聚集的地区。~ sthto make coins out of metal 铸(币);造(硬币) ●be ˈcoining it (in)●be ˌcoining ˈmoney(BrE, informal) to earn a lot of money quickly or easily 暴富;赚大钱;发大财 SYN rake in ●to coin a ˈphraseused to introduce a well-known expression that you have changed slightly in order to be funny (引出为逗趣而稍加改动的名言)used to show that you are aware that you are using an expression that is not new 套用一句老话;用老话来说◆Oh well, no news is good news, to coin a phrase. 噢,常言道,没有消息就是好消息。 |