英汉词典

coal 基本解释

• vi. 上煤；加煤
• vt. 给…加煤；把…烧成炭
• n. 煤；煤块；木炭

coal 词态变化

coal 中文词源

来自PIE*ghel,燃烧，词源同glow.

coal 英文词源

coal

coal: [OE] In Old English, col meant ‘glowing ember’. It came from a prehistoric Germanic *kolam (source also of German kohle and Dutch kool), which may be related to Irish Gaelic gual ‘coal’. By the 12th century at the latest it was also being used for ‘charcoal’ (the word charcoal is based on it), but it was not until the mid 13th century that the modern application to the black solid fossil fuel appears.

It seems quite likely that the word’s underlying etymological meaning is ‘glow’. Derived from coal are collier [14], which originally meant ‘charcoal-burner’, colliery [17], and possibly collie [17], on the basis of its dark colour.
=> charcoal, collier

coal (n.)

Old English col "charcoal, live coal," from Proto-Germanic *kula(n) (cognates: Old Frisian kole, Middle Dutch cole, Dutch kool, Old High German chol, German Kohle, Old Norse kol), from PIE root *g(e)u-lo- "live coal" (cognates: Irish gual "coal").

Meaning "mineral consisting of fossilized carbon" is from mid-13c. First mentioned (370 B.C.E.) by Theophrastus in his treatise "On Stones" under the name lithos anthrakos (see anthrax). Traditionally good luck, coal was given as a New Year's gift in England, said to guarantee a warm hearth for the coming year. The phrase drag (or rake) over the coals was a reference to the treatment meted out to heretics by Christians. To carry coals "do dirty work," also "submit to insult" is from 1520s. To carry coals to Newcastle (c. 1600) Anglicizes Greek glauk eis Athenas "owls to Athens."

coal 词组搭配

coal 英文释义

1. fossil fuel consisting of carbonized vegetable matter deposited in the Carboniferous period

2. a hot glowing or smouldering fragment of wood or coal left from a fire

coal 双语例句

1. The fossil fuels (coal and oil) are finite resources.

化石燃料（如煤和石油）属于有限资源。

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2. The power stations burn coal from the Ruhr region.

发电站烧的煤产自鲁尔地区。

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3. Acid rain is not straightforwardly attributable to the burning of coal.

酸雨并非简单地由烧煤造成。

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4. The cost of electricity from coal-fired stations is expected to fall.

用煤作燃料的火力发电站的成本有望降低。

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5. The company, New England Electric, burns coal to generate power.

新英格兰电力公司用煤发电。

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coal 实用场景例句

I put more coal on the fire.

我往火里再加了些煤。

牛津词典

a lump of coal

一块煤

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a coal fire

煤火

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a coal mine

煤矿

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the coal industry

煤炭工业

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A hot coal fell out of the fire and burnt the carpet.

一块燃烧着的煤块从火炉里掉出来把地毯烧了。

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I heard later that Uncle Jim had been hauled over the coals for not letting anyone know where we were...

后来，我听说吉姆叔叔因为不告诉别人我们在哪儿而受到了严厉斥责。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

The museum's P.R. man was going to be dragged over the coals for sure.

博物馆的公关人员肯定会受到斥责。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Taking a gun to the United States would be like taking coals to Newcastle.

带把枪去美国简直是多此一举。

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It is important to get the coals white-hot before you start cooking.

很重要的一点是要把煤块烧到白热状再开始做饭。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Gas-fired electricity is cheaper than coal...

天然气发电比煤便宜。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Today, oil and natural gas have replaced coal and wood in most areas.

如今在大部分地区，燃油和天然气已经取代了煤炭和木头。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

The iron teakettle was hissing splendidly over live coals...

煤火烧得正旺，上面的铁茶壶嘶嘶地响个不停。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

They loaded the ship with coal.

他们将煤装上船.

《简明英汉词典》

The bulk and weight of coal required in the majority of manufacturing industries is large in comparison with the bulk and weight of other raw matericals.

在大多数制造工业中,所需要的煤的体积和重量,与其他原材料的体积和重量相比都显得很大.

《用法词典》

We ran out of coal, and had to burn wood.

煤烧完了, 只好烧木头.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

Nylon is made from air, coal and water.

尼龙是由空气 、 煤和水加工制成.

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Put some more coal on the fire.

再往火里加点煤.

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It would be preposterous to shovel coal with a teaspoon.

用茶匙铲煤是荒谬的.

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We used 10 tons of coal last winter.

去年冬天我们用了10吨煤.

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Coal gave the region industrial supremacy.

煤炭给这个地区带来了工业上的优势.

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It's difficult to ascertain the coal deposits.

煤储量很难探明.

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At one time they used to mine coal in these valleys.

从前他们在这些峡谷中采煤.

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It is necessary to decrease the amount of coal used.

必须减缩用煤量.

《现代英汉综合大词典》

Coal of all kinds originated from the decay of plants.

各种煤都是由植物的朽烂形成的.

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