/kɔɪn ||; kɔɪn/noun
[C] a piece of money made of metal 硬币:
a pound coin一英镑硬币☞picture at money 见money插图
coin²
/kɔɪn ||; kɔɪn/verb
[T] to invent a new word or phrase 创造(新词或新语):
Who was it who coined the phrase ‘a week is a long time in politics’?“政坛多变,度周如年”这句话是谁说的?
coin1/kɔIn; kɔIn/n [C]1 a round piece of money made of metal [→ note, bill] 硬币: a pound coin 一枚一英镑硬币see box at见 MONEY 方框2 the other side of the coin a different fact or way of thinking about something 事情的另一面3 two sides of the same coin two ideas which are closely related 同一事情密切相关的两个方面4 toss/flip a coin to decide something by throwing a coin into the air and guessing which side will show when it falls 抛硬币作决定: Let's flip a coin to see who goes first. 我们抛硬币决定谁先来吧。
coin2v [T] to invent a new word or phrase that many people start to use 创造〔新词或新语〕: Who first coined the term ‘acid rain’? 是谁最早创造了“酸雨”这个词?