n.
- 煤[U]
- （燃烧中的）煤块[C]
- 木炭[U]
vt.
- 给……加煤
- 把……烧成炭
vi.
- 上煤，加煤
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The ship called at Boston to
coal.
船停靠在波士顿加煤。
短语
call/haul over the coals
- 责骂
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Her boss
hauled her
over the coals for being late for work.
由于上班迟到，她老板狠狠地责备了她。
carry/send/take coals to Newcastle
- 多此一举
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It would be like
carrying coals to Newcastle if another post office opened in the neighborhood; there are already three now.
如果在这附近再开一家邮局，简直是多此一举。现在已经有三家了。
heap coals of fire on sb.'s head
- 以德报怨使某人深感惭愧
派生
辨析
n.
a combustible black rock consisting mainly of carbonized plant matter and used as fuel.
▸Brit. a piece of coal.
v.
provide with or extract coal.
Phrase
- coals to Newcastle
something supplied to a place where it is already plentiful. - haul
(also N. Amer. rake)
someone over the coals
reprimand someone severely.
Derivative
Etymology
OE col (in the senses ‘glowing ember’ and ‘charred remnant’), of Gmc origin.
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