coin

noun

/kɔɪn/

Idioms

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[countable] a small flat piece of metal used as money（一枚）硬币；金属货币
- gold coins金币
- a pound/euro/dollar coin一英镑/欧元/美元硬币
- They flipped a coin to see who should go first.他们掷硬币决定谁先走。
- You might as well toss a coin to decide.你不妨抛硬币决定。
- A coin toss has decided the lucky winner. 掷硬币决定了幸运的获胜者。
Extra Examples
- The first English gold coin was struck in 1255.第一枚英国金币是在 1255 年铸造的。
- The last silver coins were minted in 1964.最后一批银币是在 1964 年铸造的。
- Very few old 5p coins are still in circulation.只有很少量旧的5便士硬币还在流通。
- What is the probability of the coin landing heads?硬币落下正面朝上的可能性有多大？
- coins jingling in his pockets在他口袋里叮当作响的硬币
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（统称）硬币
- notes and coin纸币和硬币
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同一事物的两个方面

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，用来指居住在纸板棚里的无家可归者所聚集的地区。
- He was the first to coin the motto ‘Make Love, Not War’.他首创出这句格言：“做爱，不要作战”。
coin something to make coins out of metal铸（币）；造（硬币）

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be coining it (in) | be coining money

(British English, informal) to earn a lot of money quickly or easily暴富；赚大钱；发大财 synonym rake in

to coin a phrase

used to introduce a well-known expression that you have changed slightly in order to be funny（引出为逗趣而稍加改动的名言）
- Tasting is believing, to coin a phrase! (= the usual phrase is ‘seeing is believing’).品尝就是相信，铸造一句话！(=常用短语是“眼见为实”)。
used 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。