释义 |
coin/kɔin/ n. & v.●n. 1 a piece of flat usu. round metal stamped and issued by authority as money 硬币,钱币 2 (collect. 集合名词) metal money 金属货币 ●v. tr. 1 make (coins) by stamping 铸币 2 make (metal) into coins 把(金属)铸成硬币 3 invent or devise (esp. a new word or phrase) 发明;创造;杜撰(尤指新词或短语) □ coin money (or coin it, coin it in) make much money quickly 暴富,发横财 □ to coin a phrase iron. introducing a banal remark or cliché [讽]套用一种陈词滥调 [Middle English from Old French, = stamping-die, from Latin cuneus ‘wedge’] |