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.
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