coin
coin
noun
[with obj.]
the other side of the coin
noun
- a flat, typically round piece of metal with an official stamp, used as money
硬币
■[mass noun]money in the form of coins
钱币
large amounts of coin and precious metal.
大量钱币和贵重金属。
■(coins)one of the suits in some tarot packs, corresponding to pentacles in others
某些塔罗纸牌中的一种花色，相当于其他塔罗纸牌中的五角形花色
[with obj.]
- make (coins) by stamping metal
（冲压金属）制造（硬币），铸（币）
■make (metal) into coins
把（金属）铸成（硬币）
■(Brit. informal)earn a lot of (money) quickly and easily
(英，非正式)迅速而轻松地发财
the company was coining it at the rate of £90 a second.
这个公司正以每秒钟90英镑的速度赢利。 - invent or devise (a new word or phrase)
创造（新词，短语），杜撰
he coined the term ‘desktop publishing’.
他创造了“桌面出版”这个术语。
the other side of the coin
- the opposite or contrasting aspect of a matter
事情的反面
- retaliate by similar behaviour
以其人之道，还治其人之身
- said ironically when introducing a banal remark or cliché
套用一种说法
I had to find out the hard way—to coin a phrase.
套句老话说，我是费了九牛二虎之力才搞清楚的。
■said when introducing a new expression or a variation on a familiar one
［用于引出新的表达方式或旧词的另一种说法］
- Middle English: from Old French coin 'wedge, corner, die', coigner 'to mint', from Latin cuneus 'wedge'. The original sense was 'cornerstone', later 'angle or wedge' (senses now spelled quoin); in late Middle English the term denoted a die for stamping money, or a piece of money produced by such a die
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