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单词 coalless
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
coal /koʊl/USA pronunciation   n. 
  1. Mining, Mineralogy a mineral substance made of carbon, used as a fuel:[uncountable]Coal is formed from dead vegetative matter.
  2. a piece of glowing or burned wood or other combustible substance:[countable]a few coals still burning in the fireplace.
  3. [uncountable] charcoal.
Idioms
  1. Idioms rake or haul over the coals, [rake/haul + object + over the + ~-s] to scold or reprimand severely:raked him over the coals for falling asleep on guard duty.


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
coal  (kōl),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Mining, Mineralogya black or dark-brown combustible mineral substance consisting of carbonized vegetable matter, used as a fuel. Cf. anthracite, bituminous coal, lignite.
  2. a piece of glowing, charred, or burned wood or other combustible substance.
  3. charcoal (def. 1).
  4. Idioms heap coals of fire on someone's head, to repay evil with good in order to make one's enemy repent.
  5. Idioms rake, haul, drag, call, or take over the coals, to reprimand;
    scold:They were raked over the coals for turning out slipshod work.

v.t. 
  1. to burn to coal or charcoal.
  2. to provide with coal.

v.i. 
  1. to take in coal for fuel.
  • bef. 900; Middle English cole, Old English col; cognate with Dutch kool, German Kohle, Old Norse kol
coalless, adj. 

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