coal是什么意思_coal怎么读_中英文释义(含例句用法)

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."

词态变化

复数 coals;

权威造句

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。

2. The power stations burn coal from the Ruhr region.: 发电站烧的煤产自鲁尔地区。

3. Acid rain is not straightforwardly attributable to the burning of coal.: 酸雨并非简单地由烧煤造成。

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。

5. The company, New England Electric, burns coal to generate power.: 新英格兰电力公司用煤发电。

近反义词

anthracite 无烟煤

jet 喷气式飞机

fuel 燃料

coke 焦炭

culm 草秆

hard coal 硬煤,无烟煤...

soft coal 烟煤

black diamonds 煤

ash 灰

soft 柔软的

diamonds 钻石

coal 煤

hard 硬的

black 黑的

char (使)烧成炭

ember 余烬（常用复数）...

相似短语

of coal 煤气化

coal cutting n. 采煤

coal mine n.煤矿,煤矿坑

allochthonous coal 移置煤，异地生成煤

anthracite coal 无烟煤

navigation coal 锅炉煤,蒸汽煤

charred coal 焦煤，焦炭

chestnut coal 栗级无烟煤

cinder coal 劣焦煤，极劣焦煤

circular coal 眼煤

单词分析

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记忆方法

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