coin
coin 英 [kɔɪn] 美 [kɔɪn]
n. 硬币，钱币
进行时:coining 过去式:coined 过去分词:coined 第三人称单数:coins 名词复数:coins
- If you coin a phrase, that means you come up with a new way to say something, like the person who coined "webizens" to describe people who constantly use the Internet.
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- n. 硬币，钱币
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1. a euro coin
欧元硬币
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2. notes and coin
纸币和硬币
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3. He took out a coin from his pocket.
他从口袋中摸出一枚硬币。
- coin (n.) c. 1300, "a wedge, a wedge-shaped piece used for some purpose," from Old French coing (12c.) "a wedge; stamp; piece of money;" usually "corner, angle," from Latin cuneus "a wedge," which is of unknown origin.
- coin (v.) mid-14c., "to make (coins) by stamping metals;" early 15c., "to stamp (metal) and convert it into coins," from coin (n.). General sense of "make, fabricate, invent" (words) is from 1580s; phrase coin a phrase is attested from 1940 (to coin phrases is from 1898). A Middle English word for minter was coin-smiter. Related: Coined; coining.
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