coin

noun

/kɔɪn/

Idioms

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[countable] a small flat piece of metal used as money（一枚）硬幣；金屬貨幣
- gold coins金幣
- a pound/euro/dollar coin一英鎊/歐元/美元硬幣
- They flipped a coin to see who should go first.他們擲硬幣決定誰先走。
- You might as well toss a coin to decide.你不妨抛硬幣決定。
- A coin toss has decided the lucky winner. 擲硬幣決定了幸運的獲勝者。
Extra Examples
- The first English gold coin was struck in 1255.第一枚英國金幣是在 1255 年鑄造的。
- The last silver coins were minted in 1964.最後一批銀幣是在 1964 年鑄造的。
- Very few old 5p coins are still in circulation.只有很少量舊的5便士硬幣還在流通。
- What is the probability of the coin landing heads?硬幣落下正面朝上的可能性有多大？
- coins jingling in his pockets在他口袋裏叮當作響的硬幣
Topics Shoppingb1
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- bronze
- copper
- gold
- …
verb + coin
- issue
- mint
- strike
- …
coin + verb
- be in circulation
- circulate
- clink
- …
coin + noun
- purse
- collector
- flip
- …
phrases
- the flip of a coin
- the toss of a coin
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[uncountable] money made of metal（統稱）硬幣
- notes and coin紙幣和硬幣
Topics Moneyb1

Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French coin ‘wedge, corner, die’, coigner ‘to mint’, from Latin cuneus ‘wedge’. The original sense was ‘cornerstone’, later ‘angle or wedge’ (senses now spelled quoin); in late Middle English the term denoted a die for stamping money, or a piece of money produced by such a die.

Idioms

the other side of the coin

the aspect of a situation that is the opposite of or contrasts with the one you have been talking about事情的另一面

two sides of the same coin

used to talk about two ways of looking at the same situation同一事物的兩個方面

coin

verb

/kɔɪn/

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they coin	/kɔɪn/ /kɔɪn/
he / she / it coins	/kɔɪnz/ /kɔɪnz/
past simple coined	/kɔɪnd/ /kɔɪnd/
past participle coined	/kɔɪnd/ /kɔɪnd/
-ing form coining	/ˈkɔɪnɪŋ/ /ˈkɔɪnɪŋ/

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coin something to invent a new word or phrase that other people then begin to use創造（新詞語）
- The term ‘cardboard city’ was coined to describe communities of homeless people living in cardboard boxes.人們創造了 cardboard city 一詞，用來指居住在紙板棚裏的無家可歸者所聚集的地區。
- He was the first to coin the motto ‘Make Love, Not War’.他首創出這句格言：“做愛，不要作戰”。
coin something to make coins out of metal鑄（幣）；造（硬幣）

Idioms

be coining it (in) | be coining money

(British English, informal) to earn a lot of money quickly or easily暴富；賺大錢；發大財 synonym rake in

to coin a phrase

used to introduce a well-known expression that you have changed slightly in order to be funny（引出爲逗趣而稍加改動的名言）
- Tasting is believing, to coin a phrase! (= the usual phrase is ‘seeing is believing’).品嘗就是相信，鑄造一句話！(=常用短語是“眼見爲實”)。
used to show that you are aware that you are using an expression that is not new套用一句老話；用老話來說
- Oh well, no news is good news, to coin a phrase.噢，常言道，沒有消息就是好消息。