Mineral
['mɪn(ə)r(ə)l] or ['mɪnərəl]
解释:
(noun.) solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition.
(adj.) composed of matter other than plant or animal; 'the inorganic mineral world' .
(adj.) relating to minerals; 'mineral elements'; 'mineral deposits' .
录入:西德尼--From WordNet
解释:
(v. i.) An inorganic species or substance occurring in nature, having a definite chemical composition and usually a distinct crystalline form. Rocks, except certain glassy igneous forms, are either simple minerals or aggregates of minerals.
(v. i.) A mine.
(v. i.) Anything which is neither animal nor vegetable, as in the most general classification of things into three kingdoms (animal, vegetable, and mineral).
(a.) Of or pertaining to minerals; consisting of a mineral or of minerals; as, a mineral substance.
(a.) Impregnated with minerals; as, mineral waters.
校对:莎娜
同义词及近义词：
n. Inorganic body.
手打:米格尔
解释:
n. an inorganic substance found in the earth or at its surface: any substance containing a metal.—adj. relating to minerals: having the nature of minerals: impregnated with minerals as water: denoting inorganic substances.—n. Mineralisā′tion.—v.t. Min′eralise to make into a mineral: to give the properties of a mineral to: to impregnate with mineral matter.—v.i. to collect minerals.—ns. Min′eraliser an element that combines with a metal to form an ore as sulphur: a volatile or other substance as water which facilitates the recrystallisation of rocks; Min′eralist one versed in or employed about minerals.—adj. Mineralog′ical pertaining to mineralogy.—adv. Mineralog′ically.—v.i. Mineral′ogise to collect or study minerals.—ns. Mineral′ogist one versed in mineralogy; Mineral′ogy the science which treats of minerals: the art of describing and classifying minerals.—Mineral acids a name applied to sulphuric nitric and hydrochloric acids; Mineral black an impure carbon used as a pigment; Mineral caoutchouc a variety of bitumen—also Elaterite; Mineral kingdom that department of nature which comprises substances that are neither animal nor vegetable; Mineral oil oil which is forced up or pumped from the earth as petroleum naphtha &c.; Mineral salt a salt of a mineral acid; Mineral water the water of certain springs having the taste of various kinds of minerals and used as medicines.
整理:朱莉安娜
娱乐性解释：
To dream of minerals, denotes your present unpromising outlook will grow directly brighter. To walk over mineral land, signifies distress, from which you will escape and be bettered in your surroundings.
录入:朱迪思
例句:
- The best kind of gas made from mineral substances is produced by the distillation of a bituminous shale, called Boghead coal, which was discovered a few years since in Scotland. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
- The ovens are highly insulated with a thick packing of best grade mineral wool, which reduces air leakage to a minimum and retains the heat generated for a long period. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
- This crust is due to the accumulation in the kettle of mineral matter which was in solution in the water, but which was left behind when the water evaporated. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
- I waked the orderly and he poured mineral water on the dressings. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
- I'll bring some cold mineral water to pour over it. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
- It had itself neither the area, the agricultural possibilities, nor the mineral wealth to be important. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- The Duke owned a great estate, of untold mineral wealth, which had never been properly worked because of lack of transportation facilities. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
- The Germans used a board about a foot wide on which to roll the ball, and then improved on this by using cohesive mineral substances solidly packed together. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
- We have seen the mineral and vegetable kingdoms rifled and ransacked for substances that would yield the best filament. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
- Granite is not rich in mineral ores. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
- Teeth and bones and nails need a constant supply of mineral matter, and mineral matter is frequently found in greatest abundance in foods of low fuel value, such as lettuce, watercress, etc. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
- He called himself a mineral surveyor, and he traveled many thousand miles yearly in connection with his calling and his interest in the study of geology. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
- These latter differ entirely in mineral character from the Eoanthropus jaw and the cranium. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- The eighth book deals with water and with hydraulic engineering , hot springs, mineral waters, leveling instruments, construction of aqueducts, lead and clay piping. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
- It is found abundantly in the mineral world in combination with common salt. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
- Of these minerals, beryl, garnet and tourmaline are the most abundant. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
- However, he early began his collection of minerals and observed the relation of the soil and the vegetation to the underlying ro cks. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
- Minerals in Lancashire and Wales. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
- There is also a tannage made from minerals that is called chrome. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
- Musical Sounds from Minerals and Other Substances. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
- Had the different strata of clay, gravel, marble, coals, limestone, sand, minerals, &c. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
- Chemical History of Metals and Minerals. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
- In a short time the two youths had become inseparable friends, experimenting together, and taking walks to the mines and quarries in the neighborhood of Penzance in search of minerals for study. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
- The try everything spirit of Edison's method is well illustrated in this early period by a series of about sixteen hundred resistance tests of various ores, minerals, earths, etc. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
- The silica, which is the principal ingredient of sand, as well as of nearly all the earthy minerals, is known as rock crystal in its naturally crystallized form. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
- The temperate and torrid zones of the world are ransacked in order to secure the wood, the minerals and the animal substances, all of which are necessary to provide the means of play. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
- Above it lie the several minerals in their usual order, and over all is a coat of rich mould, ten or twelve feet deep. 乔纳森·斯威夫特. 格列佛游记.
- Theophrastus considered the medicinal uses of minerals a s well as of plants. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
- We know, for instance, that minerals and the elemental substances can be thus arranged. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
- Mixed minerals will often intercrystallize in blobs or branching shapes that are very suggestive of simple plant or animal forms. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
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