名詞 coal:

1. fossil fuel consisting of carbonized vegetable matter deposited in the Carboniferous period
2. a hot fragment of wood or coal that is left from a fire and is glowing or smoldering
   同義詞：ember

動詞 coal:

1. burn to charcoal
   同義詞：char
2. supply with coal
3. take in coal

1. Coal is a mineral.
   煤是一種礦物。
2. He put a shovel of coal on to the fire.
   他往火爐里加了一鏟煤。
3. The country is rich in oil and coal.
   這個國家石油和煤的資源豐富。
4. Coal can be converted to gas.
   煤可以轉(zhuǎn)化成煤氣。
5. I shall be glad if you will forward fifty tons of coal, in accordance with your sample.
   請按照貴公司提供的樣品，供應(yīng)我公司50噸煤炭，謝謝。
6. Ships coal at Gibraltar.
   船在直布羅陀上煤。
7. A coal fell from the fire and burned the mat.
   一塊煤炭從火中掉出來，燒壞了地席。

coal

n.（名詞）

A natural dark brown to black graphitelike material used as a fuel, formed from fossilized plants and consisting of amorphous carbon with various organic and some inorganic compounds.
煤：一種天然的深褐色到黑色石墨樣原材料，用作燃料，由植物化石形成，由非結(jié)晶碳和各種有機化合物與一些無機化合物組成
A piece of this substance.
煤塊：一塊這種材料
A glowing or charred piece of solid fuel.
焦碳：一塊灼熱或炭化的固體燃料
Charcoal.
木炭
n.attributive.（定語名詞）
Often used to modify another noun:
常用于修飾其他名詞：
例句：
coal miners; coal seams; coal haulers.
煤礦工；煤層；運煤工

v.（動詞）
coaled,coal.ing,coals
v.tr.（及物動詞）
To burn (a combustible solid) to a charcoal residue.
燒炭：（將可燃燒固體）燒成木炭
To provide with coal.
供煤
v.intr.（不及物動詞）
To take on coal.
裝煤，加煤

來源：
Middle English col
中古英語 col
from Old English
源自 古英語