| 词汇 | coinage |
| 释义 | coinageWord family nouncoinagecoinercoiningcoin Currencies coin·age /ˈkɔɪnɪdʒ/ noun 1 [uncountableU]PEC the system or type of money used in a country 〔一国的〕货币制度；〔某种〕硬币 the gold coinage of the Roman empire 罗马帝国时代的金币 2 [countableC]WORD, PHRASE, OR SENTENCE a word or phrase that has been recently invented 新造的词汇[短语] The phrase ‘glass ceiling’ is a fairly recent coinage. （无形障碍）是新近创造的一个词语。 3. WORD, PHRASE, OR SENTENCE[uncountableU] the invention of new words or phrases 新词[短语]的创造 4. [uncountableU]PEC the making of coins 铸币，造币 Examples from the Corpus coinage• Aethelred's new coinage failed in the early 790s and no new coins were minted under Eardwulf.• Thus the importance of coinage for our understanding of the past diminishes, generally speaking, the more up to date we come.• And, even after the invention of coinage, many areas or cities did not use it.• The book deals with cultural changes that prompted coinages such as "yuppie."• Recent work on the silver coinage has revealed a complex system of which even Domesday contains little trace.• Their spontaneous coinages appear from as young as one-and-a-half to two years of age.• The second alternative is supported to some extent by the coinage.• The much more varied and extensive evidence for Charles's control of the coinage has important implications for both government and economy.• the coinage used in 16th century Italy• Otherwise dates did not appear on western coinage until the thirteenth century. From Longman Business Dictionary coinagecoin·age /ˈkɔɪnɪdʒ/ noun [uncountableU] 1ECONOMICS the system of coins used in a country Britain did not use decimal coinage until 1971. 2money in the form of coins substantial amounts of silver and gold coinage 3the making of coins → see also debasement of coinage |
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