coined v. 铸造(硬币);杜撰(新词等)(coin的过去分词)
- Instead, they “coined” their money from a seemingly strange source: clam shells.
相反,他创造了自己货币,用似乎是奇怪的物质:蛤蜊的贝壳。 - New terms are coined with greatest freedom,and abandoned with indifference when they have saved their turn.
创造新词语非常随意,而丢弃新词语是当被流行利用后不再被受关注。 - This is the first time an academic paper has addressed the topic of “neurosecurity,” a term the group coined to describe their field.
这是学术论文第一次提出“神经安全”的主题,该研究小组造出这个新词来描述他们的研究领域。
Coin \Coin\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Coined} (koind); p. pr. & vb.
n. {Coining}.]
1. To make of a definite fineness, and convert into coins, as
a mass of metal; to mint; to manufacture; as, to coin
silver dollars; to coin a medal.
2. To make or fabricate; to invent; to originate; as, to coin
a word.
Some tale, some new pretense, he daily coined,
To soothe his sister and delude her mind. --Dryden.
3. To acquire rapidly, as money; to make.
Tenants cannot coin rent just at quarter day.
--Locke.