coal

英 [kəʊl] 美 [koʊl]

• n. 煤；木炭
• vt. 烧成炭；供应煤
• vi. 加煤；装煤

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [U]煤炭

   black mineral found below the ground, used for burning to supply heat and to make coal gas

2. [C]煤块

   a piece of coal

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 煤，煤块，煤炭
2. 炭，木炭
3. 煤堆
4. 烧红的煤
5. 供燃烧的煤
6. 烧成炭的木块
7. 燃屑

v. 动词

1. （把…）烧成炭
2. （給…）加煤，上煤，（給…）供煤，装煤

英英释义

Noun:

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

2. a hot fragment of wood or coal that is left from a fire and is glowing or smoldering

Verb:

1. burn to charcoal;

   "Without a drenching rain, the forest fire will char everything"
   

2. supply with coal

3. take in coal;

   "The big ship coaled"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. He put a shovel of coal on to the fire.
   他往火炉里加了一铲煤。
2. The country is rich in oil and coal.
   这个国家石油和煤的资源丰富。
3. Coal can be converted to gas.
   煤可以转化成煤气。
4. I'm in charge of discharging a large amount of charcoal and coal at the coal mine.
   我负责在煤矿卸一大堆木炭和煤。

用作及物动词 (vt.)

1. The workers were coaling the ship when he came back.
   当他回来的时候,工人们正在给船加煤。

用作不及物动词 (vi.)

1. Ships coal at Gibraltar.
   船在直布罗陀上煤。
2. The ship called at Boston to coal.
   船停靠在波士顿加煤。
3. The big ship coaled.
   这艘大船是用来装煤的。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. The ship stopped at Shanghai to take in coal.
   船在上海停下来装煤。
2. Put some more coal on the fire.
   再往火里加点煤。
3. He signed a contract to haul coal for the mine owner.
   他签订了为矿山老板装运煤的合约。
4. They extract 10,000,000 tons of coal each year.
   他们每年采1千万吨煤。
5. He made a fortune in the coal and iron business.
   他在煤铁经营中发了财。
6. Fushun is the home of coal.
   抚顺是煤都。
7. A coal fell from the fire and burned the carpet.
   一块煤从火炉上掉了下来,烧着了地毯。
8. There were red coals in the grate.
   壁炉里有烧红的煤块。
9. To offer him money is to carry coals to Newcastle; he is already very wealthy.
   给他钱是多此一举,他已经很富有了。

经典引文

• A..sloop which was coaling for a cruise in the Persian Gulf.

  出自： E. Waugh

常用短语

用作名词 (n.)

call〔haul〕 over the coals

责备,申斥accuse
call〔haul〕 sb over the coals
I daren't be late for work again or director will call me over the coals.

我上班再不敢迟到了,不然主任会责备我的。
The teacher called the student over the coals for being cheated in the examination.

老师训斥这个学生在考试中作弊。
Margaret was called over the coals for losing of the important documents.

玛格雷特因弄丢了那份重要的文件而备受责备。
You will be hauled over the coals for going out and leaving the door unlocked.

你该挨骂了,出门时不锁门。

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• burn coal 烧煤
• extract coal 采煤
• haul coal 装煤
• produce coal 产煤
• ship coal 运煤
• shovel coal 用铲子铲煤
• stoke coal 加煤
• transport coal 运输煤

形容词+～

• black coal 烟煤
• blind coal 无烟煤
• glowing coal 灼热的煤块儿
• hard coal 无烟煤
• hot coal 灼热的煤块儿
• live coal 燃烧着的煤
• raw coal 原煤
• red coal 烧红的煤块儿
• soft coal 烟煤

介词+～

• on coal 在煤火上
• over coal 在煤火上

词语用法

n. (名词)

1. coal的基本意思是“煤”,指埋藏于地下可燃烧的一种矿物,用来产生热量或提供动力。
2. coal通常为不可数名词,但作“一块儿煤”或“打碎了的煤”“燃烧的煤块儿”等解时可用作可数名词,能和不定冠词连用,也可使用复数形式。

词源解说

• ☆ 直接源自古英语的col，意为碳，活煤。

近反义词

【近义词】

• 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）...