coinage
英 ['kɒɪnɪdʒ]
美 ['kɔɪnɪdʒ]
英文词源
- coinage (n.)
- late 14c., "currency, money," from Old French coignage, from coignier "to coin" (see coin (n.)). Meaning "act or process of coining money" is from early 15c.; sense "deliberate formation of a new word" is from 1690s, from a general sense of "something invented" (c. 1600).
双语例句
- 1. The city produced its own coinage from 1325 to 1864.
- 1325年到1864年间，这座城市曾铸造过自己的硬币。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. On the outbreak of the First Revolutionary Civil War, the Government called in all gold coinage and replaced it by notes.
- 在第一次国内革命战争爆发的时候, 政府下令收回所有的金币,并代之以纸币.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 3. It took four years for Britain just to decimalise its own coinage.
- 英国花了4年时间才将其币制改为十进制。
来自辞典例句
- 4. These characteristics led to their being used for jewellery and eventually coinage.
- 这些特性使得它们能成为珍宝,最后用来作货币.
来自辞典例句
- 5. The silver coinage was repeatedly debased with copper vellon.
- 银币一再用铜币维隆来替代,实行贬值.
来自辞典例句