[N-COUNT 可数名词]硬币 A coin is a small piece of metal which is used as money.
...50 pence coins.
50便士的硬币
...Frederick's gold coin collection.
弗雷德里克收藏的金币
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[VERB 动词]新造，杜撰(单词、短语) If you coin a word or a phrase, you are the first person to say it.
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Jaron Lanier coined the term 'virtual reality' and pioneered its early development...
杰伦·拉尼尔创造了“虚拟现实”这个词，并成为推动其早期发展的先驱人物。
The word 'lunatic' was coined to describe people who went mad at the full moon.
lunatic是个生造词，用来形容月圆时发疯的人。
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[VERB 动词]暴富；很快地赚(钱) If you say that someone is coining it or is coining money, you are emphasizing that they are making a lot of money very quickly, often without really earning it.
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Many private colleges are coining it...
很多私立大学正在大发其财。
One wine shop is coining money selling Wembley-label champagne.
一家葡萄酒商店正在靠出售威丽牌子的香槟大把大把赚钱。
Coining in means the same as coining .coining in 同 coining
She's coining it in with a $10 million contract with Revlon.
她靠与露华浓签订的一笔1,000万美元的合同发了大财。
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[PHRASE 短语]用个双关语；套用句老话 You say 'to coin a phrase' to show that you realize you are making a pun or using a cliché
Fifty local musicians have, to coin a phrase, banded together to form the Jazz Umbrella.
50名当地的音乐家，用个双关词，“联合起来”（band亦有“乐队”之意）组成了“爵士乐大联盟”。
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[PHRASE 短语]情况的另一面 You use the other side of the coin to mention a different aspect of a situation.
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These findings are a reminder that low pay is the other side of the coin of falling unemployment.
这些研究结果提醒人们，失业率下降的另一面是低薪。
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[PHRASE 短语]一个问题的两方面 If you say that two things are two sides of the same coin, you mean that they are different ways of looking at or dealing with the same situation.
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The minister reportedly stressed that economic and political reforms were two sides of the same coin.
据报道，部长强调经济改革和政治改革是一个问题的两个方面。
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coin★/kɔɪn; NAmEkɔɪn/
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coincoinscoinedcoiningnoun★ _money_comp.jpg _coin.jpg 1★[countable ]a small flat piece of metal used as money （一枚）硬币；金属货币◆a euro coin欧元硬币2[uncountable ]money made of metal （统称）硬币◆notes and coin纸币和硬币IDIOMsee
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verb1coinsth to invent a new word or phrase that other people then begin to use 创造（新词语）◆The term ‘cardboard city’ was coined to describe communities of homeless people living in cardboard boxes.人们创造了 cardboard city 一词，用来指居住在纸板屋棚里无家可归者所聚集的地区。2coinsth to make coins out of metal （用金属）铸币，造硬币IDIOMSbe ˈcoining it (in) | be ˌcoining ˈmoney( BrE) ( informal) to earn a lot of money quickly or easily 暴富；赚大钱；发大财SYN
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to coin a ˈphrase1used to introduce a well-known expression that you have changed slightly in order to be funny 引出名言（为逗趣而稍加改动）2used to show that you are aware that you are using an expression that is not new 套用一句老话；用老话来说◆Oh well, no news is good news, to coin a phrase.噢，常言道，没有消息就是好消息。coin/kɔɪn; NAmEkɔɪn/
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coin1 noun
coin2 verb
coincoin1 /kɔɪn/ ●●●S3 noun
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1coin (1) [countable] a piece of metal, usually flat and round, that is used as money → bill, note► see thesaurus at
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2toss/flip a coin to choose or decide something by throwing a coin into the air and guessing which side of it will show when it falls: Toss a coin to see who goes first.3the other/opposite side of the coin a different or opposite way of thinking about something: Making the rules is only part of it. How the rules are carried out is the other side of the coin.4two sides of the same coin two problems or situations that are so closely connected that they are really just two parts of the same thing: Great opportunity and great danger are two sides of the same coin.5[uncountable] money in the form of metal coins
coin1 noun
coin2 verb
coincoin2 verb [transitive]
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1to invent a new word or expression, especially one that many people start to use: The word ‘aromatherapy’ was coined in the 1920s.2to coin a phrase spoken said in a joking way when you use a very common expression, to show that you know it is used a lot: He’d thought the flight would never – to coin a phrase – get off the ground.3coin money/coin it (in) British English informal to earn a lot of money very quickly: BT at its profitable peak was coining it at the rate of £90 a second.4to make pieces of money from metal
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