coincidence/kəʊ'ɪntsɪdəns $ koʊ-/

n. the fact of two things happening at the same time by chance

n. [C; U] 巧合，巧事：What a coincidence! He comes from that town too. 真巧！他也是那个镇的。

◇It was a coincidence that he was born on his father's birthday. 真巧，他在他爸爸生日那天出生。

构词co (= com-) + incident + -ence→“碰巧同时发生”即为“巧合”

音组-dence/-dəns/

coincidence; evidence; independence