单词 | coin |
释义 | coin n. & v. --n   1. a piece of flat usu. round metal stamped and issued by authority as money.   2. (collect.) metal money. --vtr.   1. make (coins) by stamping.   2. make (metal) into coins.   3. invent or devise (esp. a new word or phrase). Phrases and idioms coin-box   1. a telephone operated by inserting coins.   2. the receptacle for these. coin money make much money quickly. coin-op a launderette etc. with automatic machines operated by inserting coins. to coin a phrase iron. introducing a banal remark or clich{eacute}. Etymology: ME f. OF, = stamping-die, f. L cuneus wedge |
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