coin
gb/kˈɔɪn/ us/kˈɔɪn/
A1
英语
~ 3000
义项
0 个义项
名词
A1
entity
1
Flat metal money piece
A small piece of metal used as money.
用法模式：
[someone] has [a/an number] coin(s)
常见错误：
Learners sometimes confuse 'coin' with 'currency' or 'money', using it to refer to all forms of money instead of just metal pieces.
近义词
currency (A general term for money, not limited to coins.)
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money (Broad term including coins, paper bills, and other forms.)
反义词
banknote (Paper form of money, as opposed to coins.)
搭配
flip a coin
|collect coins
|insert a coin
|loose change and coins
主题
money
|daily life
|shopping
|finance
|daily_life
|core_vocabulary
例句
- She dropped a coin into the parking meter.
- He collects rare coins from different countries.
- I found a coin under the sofa.
学习者例句
- I have one coin in my pocket.
- The coin is silver and small.
- She puts a coin in the machine.
动词
B2
action
2
Invent a new term
To make a new word or phrase.
用法模式：
to coin [a word/phrase]
常见错误：
Learners may confuse 'coin' meaning 'to make money' with 'coin' meaning 'to invent a word'. Context is important.
近义词
create (General term for making something new, not specific to language.)
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invent (General term for creating something original, not limited to words.)
反义词
borrow (To take an existing word or expression from another language or source.)
搭配
coin a phrase
|first coined
|newly coined
主题
language
|communication
|education
|core_vocabulary
例句
- Shakespeare coined many words that we still use today.
- The term 'blog' was coined in the late 1990s.
- She coined a catchy slogan for the campaign.
学习者例句
- He coined a new word for his story.
- The writer coined many funny phrases.
- They coined the term last year.
名词
A2
entity
3
Side of a coin
One side of a coin, with a picture or design.
近义词
face (Can refer to the front side of an object, including coins.)
反义词
reverse (The opposite side of the front (obverse) on a coin.)
搭配
heads side of the coin
|tails side of the coin
主题
money
|finance
|daily_life
例句
- The heads side of the coin shows the queen's portrait.
- The tails side has an image of a bird.
- Each coin has two sides: heads and tails.
学习者例句
- The coin has a head side.
- I see the tail on the coin.
- This coin has two sides.
语法
词典原形
coin
IPA
GB/kˈɔɪn/
US/kˈɔɪn/
音节与重音
coin （1 个音节）
Stress on 1st syllable (coin)
词形变化
Noun
- Base: coin
- Plural: coin, coins
Verb
- Base: coin
- 3rd Person Singular: coins
- Present Participle: coining
- Past: coined
词族
Forms
coins
noun
coining
verb
coined
verb
Related words
coinage
noun
相关表达
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.
例句
- 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.
例句
- 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
例句
- 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.