cryptocurrency

IPA/ˈkrɪptəʊkʌrənsi/
IPA/ˈkrɪptəʊkɜːrənsi/

cryptocurrency — 名詞

  • cryptocurrencysingular
  • cryptocurrenciesplural

1. a type of electronic money that exists only on computer networks, using cryptogr

1.名詞B1
釋義

加密貨幣

以密碼技術保障安全的數位貨幣

a type of electronic money that exists only on computer networks, using cryptography to confirm transactions and prevent fraud, without a central bank or government running the system

例句

Liang bought his first cryptocurrency with money he saved from his summer job.

梁用暑期打工存的錢買了他第一筆加密貨幣。

countable use: 'a cryptocurrency' as one type

The coffee shop on Elm Street now lets customers pay with cryptocurrency.

榆樹街的咖啡店現在接受顧客用加密貨幣付款。

uncountable use: 'pay with cryptocurrency' as the medium

常見搭配
  • buy cryptocurrency
  • sell cryptocurrency
  • trade cryptocurrency
  • invest in cryptocurrency
  • cryptocurrency market
  • cryptocurrency wallet
  • cryptocurrency exchange
  • cryptocurrency mining
  • cryptocurrency transaction
同義詞
  • digital currency

    broader term that includes any electronic money; cryptocurrency is a specific type that uses cryptography

  • virtual currency

    also broader; often used for in-game or platform-specific money, while cryptocurrency implies blockchain technology

  • crypto

    informal short form; suitable for casual conversation but not formal writing

反義詞
  • fiat currency

    government-issued money that is not backed by a physical commodity, such as the US dollar or the New Taiwan dollar

用法筆記

Can be used as a countable noun (different types of cryptocurrency, e.g. 'Bitcoin is one cryptocurrency') or an uncountable noun (the system in general, e.g. 'She invests in cryptocurrency'). Frequently appears before another noun as a modifier: cryptocurrency market, cryptocurrency wallet.

常見錯誤

I paid with cryptocurrency coin.
I paid with cryptocurrency.
'Cryptocurrency' already means a digital coin; adding 'coin' is redundant.
He invested in a cryptocurrency of Bitcoin.
He invested in Bitcoin, a type of cryptocurrency.
Bitcoin is one specific cryptocurrency; do not say 'a cryptocurrency of'.

同根字

  • crypto
    名詞B2
  • cryptography
    名詞C1
  • cryptographic
    形容詞C1
  • cryptographer
    名詞C1
  • encrypt
    動詞B2
  • encryption
    名詞B2
  • decrypt
    動詞C1

常見搭配

名詞搭配

  • cryptocurrency market
  • cryptocurrency wallet
  • cryptocurrency exchange
  • cryptocurrency mining
  • cryptocurrency transaction
  • cryptocurrency investment

副詞搭配

  • entirely in cryptocurrency
  • partly in cryptocurrency

常用片語

  • a form of cryptocurrency
  • a type of cryptocurrency

介系詞搭配

  • in cryptocurrency
  • into cryptocurrency