coign

英 [kɒɪn] 美
  • n. 突出之角;隅石;隅

英文词源


coign (n.)
archaic spelling of quoin (q.v.), surviving only in Shakespeare's coign of vantage ("Macbeth" I.vi.), popularized by Sir Walter Scott, properly "a projecting corner" (for observation).

双语例句


1. They take me for a dun , peer out from a coign of vantage.
他们以为讨债的来了, 就从安全的地方朝外窥伺.

来自互联网

单词首字母