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coal

英[kəʊl] 美[koʊl]

n. 煤（块）；

复数：coals;

同义词

n.
Coal的同义词之：煤,煤块,炭
jet anthracite soft fuel coke diamonds coal hard culm black

词组

coals to Newcastle
something brought or sent to a place where it is already plentiful 送往纽卡斯尔的煤，多余的举动
haul someone over the coals
reprimand someone severely 痛斥某人

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

N-UNCOUNT

煤

Coal is a hard black substance that is extracted from the ground and burned as fuel.
例句
Gas-fired electricity is cheaper than coal... 天然气发电比煤便宜。 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。
N-PLURAL

(燃烧着的)煤块

Coals are burning pieces of coal.
例句
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。 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。
PHRASE

申斥;严厉责备

If a person in authority hauls or drags someone over the coals, they speak to them severely about something foolish or wrong that they have done.
例句
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。 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。
PHRASE

多此一举;徒劳无功

If someone is taking coals to Newcastle, they are trying to give or sell someone something that they already have a lot of.
例句
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。

英汉词典释义

n.
煤炭
Put some more coal on the fire. 再往火里加点煤。
煤块
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。

英英词典释义

Noun
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
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"

行业词典

地质学：煤；
煤炭：煤［炭］；古代植物遗体经成煤作用后转变成的固体可燃矿产。；
电力：水煤浆；coal-water slurry, CWS；油煤浆；coal-oil mixture, COM；