coin
gb/kˈɔɪn/ us/kˈɔɪn/
A1
Anglų
~ 3000
érme, megalkot, oldal
DAIKTAVARDIS
A1
1
érme
A2
Vartosenos šablonas:
[someone] has [a/an number] coin(s)
She dropped a coin into the parking meter.
Bedobott egy érmét a parkolóórába.
He collects rare coins from different countries.
Különböző országok ritka érméit gyűjti.
I found a coin under the sofa.
Mokymuisi skirti pavyzdžiai
I have one coin in my pocket.
Van egy érme a zsebemben.
The coin is silver and small.
Az érme ezüstszínű és kicsi.
She puts a coin in the machine.
Dažna klaida:
Learners sometimes confuse 'coin' with 'currency' or 'money', using it to refer to all forms of money instead of just metal pieces.
Reikšmė
Flat metal money piece
Kolokacijos
flip a coin
|collect coins
|insert a coin
|loose change and coins
Sinonimai
currency (A general term for money, not limited to coins.)
|
money (Broad term including coins, paper bills, and other forms.)
Antonimai
banknote (Paper form of money, as opposed to coins.)
Temos
money
|daily life
|shopping
|finance
|daily_life
|core_vocabulary
Apibrėžimas
A small piece of metal used as money.
A small, flat, usually round piece of metal issued by a government as money.
VEIKSMAŽODIS
B2
2
megalkot
B2
Vartosenos šablonas:
to coin [a word/phrase]
Shakespeare coined many words that we still use today.
Shakespeare számos olyan szót alkotott meg, amelyet ma is használunk.
The term 'blog' was coined in the late 1990s.
A „blog” kifejezést az 1990-es évek végén alkották meg.
She coined a catchy slogan for the campaign.
Mokymuisi skirti pavyzdžiai
He coined a new word for his story.
Egy új szót alkotott meg a történetéhez.
The writer coined many funny phrases.
Az író sok vicces kifejezést alkotott.
They coined the term last year.
Dažna klaida:
Learners may confuse 'coin' meaning 'to make money' with 'coin' meaning 'to invent a word'. Context is important.
Reikšmė
Invent a new term
Kolokacijos
coin a phrase
|first coined
|newly coined
Sinonimai
create (General term for making something new, not specific to language.)
|
invent (General term for creating something original, not limited to words.)
Antonimai
borrow (To take an existing word or expression from another language or source.)
Temos
language
|communication
|education
|core_vocabulary
Apibrėžimas
To make a new word or phrase.
To create a new word or expression.
DAIKTAVARDIS
A2
3
oldal
A1
The heads side of the coin shows the queen's portrait.
Az érme előlapján a királynő arcképe látható.
The tails side has an image of a bird.
Az érme hátlapján egy madár képe látható.
Each coin has two sides: heads and tails.
Mokymuisi skirti pavyzdžiai
The coin has a head side.
Az érme egyik oldalán fej látható.
I see the tail on the coin.
Az érme hátsó oldalát látom.
This coin has two sides.
Reikšmė
Side of a coin
Kolokacijos
heads side of the coin
|tails side of the coin
Sinonimai
face (Can refer to the front side of an object, including coins.)
Antonimai
reverse (The opposite side of the front (obverse) on a coin.)
Temos
money
|finance
|daily_life
Apibrėžimas
One side of a coin, with a picture or design.
One of the two flat surfaces of a coin, each with its own design.
Gramatika
Pagrindinė forma
coin
IPA
GB/kˈɔɪn/
US/kˈɔɪn/
Skiemenys ir kirčiavimas
coin (1 skiemuo)
Stress on 1st syllable (coin)
Žodžio formos
Noun
- Base: coin
- Plural: coin, coins
Verb
- Base: coin
- 3rd Person Singular: coins
- Present Participle: coining
- Past: coined
Žodžių šeima
Forms
coins
noun
coining
verb
coined
verb
Related words
coinage
noun
Posakiai
to coin a phrase
1/tə kˈɔɪn ə fɹˈeɪz/
idiom
Invent or use expression humorously
To say or make a well-known phrase, sometimes as a joke about using it.
Pavyzdžiai
- He's living, to coin a phrase, 'on cloud nine'.
- She was, to coin a phrase, 'over the moon' about her promotion.
two sides of the same coin
1/tˈu sˈaɪdz əv ðə sˈeɪm kˈɔɪn/
idiom
Two aspects of one thing
Two different but related parts of one thing.
Pavyzdžiai
- Success and failure are two sides of the same coin.
- Freedom and responsibility are two sides of the same coin.
flip a coin
1/flˈɪp ə kˈɔɪn/
fixed phrase
Toss a coin to decide
to throw a coin in the air and use the side it lands on to choose between two things
Pavyzdžiai
- We couldn't decide where to eat, so we flipped a coin.
- If we can’t agree, let’s flip a coin.
- If it's heads, we go to the park; if it's tails, we stay home.
- They flipped a coin to see who would go first.
- We flipped a coin and I lost.