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近義詞jet anthracite soft fuel coke coal hard black

vi. 上煤；加煤
vt. 給…加煤；把…燒成炭
n. 煤；煤塊；木炭

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復數:?coals;

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coal “烤”→煤

中文詞源

coal 煤

來自PIE*ghel,燃燒，詞源同glow.

英文詞源

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."

雙語例句

1. The fossil fuels (coal and oil) are finite resources.: 化石燃料（如煤和石油）屬于有限資源。

2. The power stations burn coal from the Ruhr region.: 發電站燒的煤產自魯爾地區。

3. Acid rain is not straightforwardly attributable to the burning of coal.: 酸雨并非簡單地由燒煤造成。

4. The cost of electricity from coal-fired stations is expected to fall.: 用煤作燃料的火力發電站的成本有望降低。

5. The company, New England Electric, burns coal to generate power.: 新英格蘭電力公司用煤發電。

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