coins

英 [kɔɪnz]

美 [kɔɪnz]

n.  (一枚)硬币; 金属货币; (统称)硬币
v.  创造(新词语); (用金属)铸(币)，造(硬币)
coin的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 硬币
  Acoinis a small piece of metal which is used as money.
  1. ...50 pence coins.
     50便士的硬币
  2. ...Frederick's gold coin collection.
     弗雷德里克收藏的金币
• VERB 新造，杜撰(单词、短语)
  If youcoina word or a phrase, you are the first person to say it.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。
• VERB 暴富;很快地赚(钱)
  If you say that someoneis coining itoris coiningmoney, you are emphasizing that they are making a lot of money very quickly, often without really earning it.
  1. Many private colleges are coining it...
     很多私立大学正在大发其财。
  2. 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。
  3. Coining inmeans the same ascoining.
     coining in 同 coining
  4. 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。
• PHRASE 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
  1. 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”。
• PHRASE 情况的另一面
  You usethe other side of the cointo mention a different aspect of a situation.
  1. 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。
• PHRASE 一个问题的两方面
  If you say that two things aretwo sides of the same coin, you mean that they are different ways of looking at or dealing with the same situation.
  1. 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。

双语例句

• The telephone booths accept 10 and 20 pence coins.
  电话亭可使用10便士和20便士的硬币。
• He fingered the few coins in his pocket
  他拨弄着口袋里的几枚硬币。
• Nickel can be used for making coins.
  镍可做成钱币。
• Shackleton threw some gold coins and his gold watch onto the ice.
  沙克尔顿把一些金币和他的金表扔到了冰上。
• I like watching TV and playing football while my brother is fond of collecting stamps and coins.
  我喜欢看电视和踢足球，而我的兄弟却喜欢集邮和收藏硬币。
• At Easter, we give them plastic eggs filled with small toys, novelties and coins.
  复活节时，我们给他们分发塑料彩蛋，里面装着小玩具、新颖的小玩意儿和硬币。
• Coins in his pocket jingled as he walked.
  走路时，他衣袋里的钱币丁当作响。
• In 1971, the 1p and 2p decimal coins were introduced in Britain.
  英国于1971年开始使用十进制的1便士和2便士硬币。
• We found the chest to contain many silver coins.
  我们发现这柜子里有不少银币。
• She hadn't got the coins for the phone box, so she had to reverse the charges.
  她在公用电话亭打电话没有带硬币，所以只好叫对方付费。