n.
- 硬幣,錢幣[C][U]
Bill collects foreign
coins.
比爾收集外國硬幣。
vt.
- 鑄造(貨幣)
The government has decided to
coin more 50-penny
coins.
政府決定鑄造更多的五十便士硬幣。
- 創造,杜撰(新詞等)
It was Anderson who
coined the word.
是安德生造了這個字。
片語
pay sb. (back) in his own coin
- 以其人之道還治其人之身
He was determined to take revenge; to
pay them back in their own coin for the wrongs they had done to him.
他發誓要報復;他們對他不公,他要以其人之道還治其人之身。
toss/flip a coin
- 拋硬幣(決定)
Let's
toss a coin to decide.
讓我們來拋硬幣決定吧!
辨析
n.
- a flat disc or piece of metal with an official stamp, used as money.
▸money in the form of coins.
-
(coins)
one of the suits in some tarot packs, corresponding to pentacles in others.
v.
- make (coins) by stamping metal.
▸
Brit. informal earn (large amounts of money) quickly and easily:
the company was coining it in.
- invent (a new word or phrase).
Phrase
- pay someone back in their own coin
retaliate by similar behaviour. - to coin a phrase
said when introducing a new expression or a variation on a familiar one.
Derivative
Etymology
ME: from OFr. coin ‘wedge, corner, die’, coigner ‘to mint’, from L. cuneus ‘wedge’.