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A small flat round piece of metal that has been stamped into money — and behind it, the very act of stamping metal into a coin. From that stamping act grow two directions: the coin as an object you hold, and 'coining' as the moment something brand-new gets pressed into existence.
可以想成一塊被壓印成錢的小圓金屬片——而它背後其實還藏著「把金屬壓印成幣」這個動作。從這個壓印的動作往兩邊長：一邊是…更多收起
可以想成一塊被壓印成錢的小圓金屬片——而它背後其實還藏著「把金屬壓印成幣」這個動作。從這個壓印的動作往兩邊長：一邊是你手裡握著的那枚硬幣，一邊是「鑄造」——把某個全新的東西第一次壓印出來、讓它成形。原始詞典資料17 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
Coinname詞源 1
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A city in Iowa, United States.
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An unincorporated community in Kentucky, United States.
Coinname詞源 2
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A surname.
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A surname.
coinnoun/ˈkoɪ̯n/
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businessfinancemoneyA piece of currency, usually metallic and in the shape of a disc, but sometimes polygonal, or with a hole in the middle.
- ...the coins were of all countries and sizes - doubloons, and louis d'ors, and guineas, and pieces of eight...
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A token used in a special establishment like a casino.
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That which serves for payment or recompense.
- The loss of every present advantage to flesh and blood is repaid in a nobler coin.
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Something in broad circulation or use.
- Tho’ truths in manhood darkly join, Deep-seated in our mystic frame, We yield all blessing to the name Of Him that made them current coin; […]
- The religious interpretation of socialism and the conception of a new epoch as the fulfilment of the true content of Christianity were, in fact, current coin in the French socialism of the 1830s and 1840s.
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slangMoney in general, not limited to coins.
- She spent some serious coin on that car!
- It was the biggest thing in the town, and everybody I met was full of it. They were going to run an over-sea empire, and make no end of coin by trade.
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card-gamesgamesOne of the suits of minor arcana in tarot, or a card of that suit.
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A corner or external angle.
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A small circular slice of food.
- For munchies try deep-fried jalapeño coins, jumbo Buffalo wings, and hush puppies with a sweet edge.
- Spread out four bread and butter pickle coins on top, and sprinkle with onion.
coinverb/ˈkoɪ̯n/
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To make of a definite fineness, and convert into coins, as a mass of metal.
- to coin silver dollars
- to coin a medal
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To make or fabricate (especially a word or phrase).
- Over the last century the advance in science has led to many new words being coined.
- Not fearing outward force: So ſhall my Lungs / Coine words till their decay, againſt thoſe Meazels
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To acquire rapidly, as money; to make.
- [...] Tenants cannot coin their Rent juſt at Quarter-day, but muſt gather it up by degrees, and lodge it with them till Pay-day, or borrow it of thoſe who have it lying by them, [...]
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資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。