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coin obj INVENTkCInv [T]to invent (a new word or expression) or use one in a particular way for the first time创造（新词）The verb "To escalate"was coined in the 1940s during the Second World War. "To escalate"这个动词是在二战期间的40年代时被杜撰出来的。(humorous) A person might say to coin a phrase to show that they are using an expression which is in popular use at the time of speaking.用一个时髦的短语I was, to coin a phrase, gobsmacked!用时髦的话说，我就是遭天击了!
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