coal

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /kəʊl/|[kʰɒʊɫ]    美 /koʊl/|[kʰoɫ]|/kəʉl/|[kʰɔʊɫ]

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A black or brownish black rock formed from prehistoric plant remains, composed largely of carbon and burned as a fuel. uncountable
    — The coal in this region was prized by ironmasters in centuries past, who mined it in the spots where the drainage methods of the day permitted.
  2. A black or brownish black rock formed from prehistoric plant remains, composed largely of carbon and burned as a fuel.; A type of coal, such as bituminous, anthracite, or lignite, and grades and varieties thereof, as a fuel commodity ready to buy and burn. countable
    — Put some coal on the fire.
  3. A piece of coal used for burning (this use is less common in American English) countable
    — Put some coals on the fire.
  4. A glowing or charred piece of coal, wood, or other solid fuel. countable
    — hot coals
  5. Charcoal. countable,uncountable
  6. Content of low quality. Internet,countable,uncountable
    — I'm so sick of seeing this coal online.
  7. Bombs emitting black smoke on impact. countable,slang,uncountable
  8. Money. countable,obsolete,slang,uncountable
动词 v.
  1. To take on a supply of coal (usually of steam ships or locomotives). intransitive
    — 1863, Colonial Secretary to Commander Baldwin, USN shortly after that she coaled again at Simon's Bay; and that after remaining in the neighbourhood of our ports for a time, she proceeded to Mauritius, where she coaled again, and then returned to this colony.
  2. To supply with coal. transitive
    — to coal a steamer
  3. To be converted to charcoal. intransitive
    — After the initial burn the goal of any good fire should be coaling; that is, creating a bed of solid coals that will sustain the fire.
  4. To burn to charcoal; to char. transitive
    — Char-coal of roots, coaled into great pieces.
  5. To mark or delineate with charcoal. transitive
    — […] marvailing, he coaled out these rithms upon the wall near to the picture
形容词 adj.
  1. Black like coal; coal-black. no-comparative
    — ... his coal hair / the corners of his warm smile / the blue of his gentle eyes. I wanted to explore him as Sir Francis Drake explored the New World. I wanted to tell my secrets to him as a Roman Catholic does in confession.

词形变化

coals plural cole alternative,obsolete coale alternative,obsolete colle alternative,obsolete coole alternative,obsolete coell alternative,obsolete coile alternative,obsolete coals present,singular,third-person coaling participle,present coaled participle,past coaled past cole alternative,obsolete coale alternative,obsolete colle alternative,obsolete coole alternative,obsolete coell alternative,obsolete coile alternative,obsolete coalest rare,superlative cole alternative,obsolete coale alternative,obsolete colle alternative,obsolete coole alternative,obsolete coell alternative,obsolete coile alternative,obsolete

词汇关系

下位词
anthracite bituminous coal brown coal charcoal lignite seacoal sea coal soft coal
衍生词
anticoal at the coal face barley coal beehive coal bituminous coal black as coal black coal blind coal block coal boghead coal Bovey coal brown coal buckwheat coal burn coal burn the coal burn the coal, pay the toll caking coal canal coal candle coal cannel coal channel coal cherry coal clean coal coalbag coal ball coal-based coal-bearing coal bed coalbin coal black coalblack coalbox coalboy coal brass coal burner coal burning coal car Coal City coal country Coal County coal cracker Coal Creek coalcutter coal drop coaldust coaler coalery coalette coalface coalfield coal-fired coalfired coalfish coal fungus coal gap coal gas Coalgate coal hammer coalheaver coalheaving coalhod coal hole coalhouse coalie coalification coalify Coalisland Coalite coalless coallike coalman coalmaster coal merchant coal-meter coalmine coal mine coalminer coalmining coalmonger coalmouse coal oil coalowner coalpit coal plant coalplex Coal Point coalpot coal pusher coal rank coal-rolled coal roller coal-rolling coalsack coal scuttle coal-scuttle bonnet coal scuttle helmet coal seam coalshed coal-smoke coals to Newcastle coal tar coal-tar coaltit coal tit coal town coal train Coalville coalwashing coal-whipper coalworker coal worker's pneumoconiosis coalworks coaly coalyard coking coal Colfax day coal dice coal dirty coal gas coal gathering coal glance coal hardcoal hard coal kennel coal kindle-coal metallurgical coal mineral coal mother of coal noncoal parrot coal pitch coal pit coal pitcoal post the coal prairie coal quench-coal quenchcoal recoal roll coal sea-coal sell coal to Newcastle small coal smithy coal soft coal splent coal splint coal steam coal stone coal thermal coal white coal
相关词
charcoal collier colliery ember stockpile

词源

词源 1
From Middle English col, from Old English col, from Proto-West Germanic *kol, from Proto-Germanic *kulą (“coal”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵwelH- (“to burn, shine”).
Cognates
Cognate with North Frisian kööl (“coal”), Saterland Frisian Koole (“coal”), West Frisian koal (“coal”), Cimbrian kholl (“coal”), Dutch kool (“coal; carbon”), German Kohle (“coal”), Limburgish Kǫe̩l (“coal”), Luxembourgish Kuel (“coal”), Vilamovian köła (“coal”), Yiddish קויל (koyl, “coal”), Danish kul (“coal”), Faroese, Icelandic, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish kol (“coal; carbon”), Jamtish kuł (“coal; carbon”), Norwegian Bokmål kol, kull (“coal”). Compare Irish and Scottish Gaelic gual (“coal”), Manx geayl (“coal”), Lithuanian žvi̇̀lti (“to glow, twinkle”), Persian زکال (zakâl), زکار (zekâr), زغال (zoġâl, “coal”), Tocharian B śoliye (“hearth”), Sanskrit ज्वल् (jval, “to burn, glow”), all from the same root.
词源 2
From Middle English col, from Old English col, from Proto-West Germanic *kol, from Proto-Germanic *kulą (“coal”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵwelH- (“to burn, shine”).
Cognates
Cognate with North Frisian kööl (“coal”), Saterland Frisian Koole (“coal”), West Frisian koal (“coal”), Cimbrian kholl (“coal”), Dutch kool (“coal; carbon”), German Kohle (“coal”), Limburgish Kǫe̩l (“coal”), Luxembourgish Kuel (“coal”), Vilamovian köła (“coal”), Yiddish קויל (koyl, “coal”), Danish kul (“coal”), Faroese, Icelandic, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish kol (“coal; carbon”), Jamtish kuł (“coal; carbon”), Norwegian Bokmål kol, kull (“coal”). Compare Irish and Scottish Gaelic gual (“coal”), Manx geayl (“coal”), Lithuanian žvi̇̀lti (“to glow, twinkle”), Persian زکال (zakâl), زکار (zekâr), زغال (zoġâl, “coal”), Tocharian B śoliye (“hearth”), Sanskrit ज्वल् (jval, “to burn, glow”), all from the same root.
词源 3
From Middle English col, from Old English col, from Proto-West Germanic *kol, from Proto-Germanic *kulą (“coal”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵwelH- (“to burn, shine”).
Cognates
Cognate with North Frisian kööl (“coal”), Saterland Frisian Koole (“coal”), West Frisian koal (“coal”), Cimbrian kholl (“coal”), Dutch kool (“coal; carbon”), German Kohle (“coal”), Limburgish Kǫe̩l (“coal”), Luxembourgish Kuel (“coal”), Vilamovian köła (“coal”), Yiddish קויל (koyl, “coal”), Danish kul (“coal”), Faroese, Icelandic, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish kol (“coal; carbon”), Jamtish kuł (“coal; carbon”), Norwegian Bokmål kol, kull (“coal”). Compare Irish and Scottish Gaelic gual (“coal”), Manx geayl (“coal”), Lithuanian žvi̇̀lti (“to glow, twinkle”), Persian زکال (zakâl), زکار (zekâr), زغال (zoġâl, “coal”), Tocharian B śoliye (“hearth”), Sanskrit ज्वल् (jval, “to burn, glow”), all from the same root.
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