Mint

[mɪnt]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) a plant where money is coined by authority of the government.

(noun.) a candy that is flavored with a mint oil.

(noun.) the leaves of a mint plant used fresh or candied.

(noun.) any member of the mint family of plants.

(noun.) any north temperate plant of the genus Mentha with aromatic leaves and small mauve flowers.

(verb.) form by stamping, punching, or printing; 'strike coins'; 'strike a medal'.

(adj.) as if new; 'in mint condition' .

巴顿整理--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(n.) The name of several aromatic labiate plants, mostly of the genus Mentha, yielding odoriferous essential oils by distillation. See Mentha.

(n.) A place where money is coined by public authority.

(n.) Any place regarded as a source of unlimited supply; the supply itself.

(v. t.) To make by stamping, as money; to coin; to make and stamp into money.

(v. t.) To invent; to forge; to fabricate; to fashion.

阿琳整理

解釋/意思:

n. an aromatic plant producing a highly odoriferous oil.—ns. Mint′-ju′lep a spirituous drink flavoured with mint and sucked through a straw or small tube; Mint′-sauce chopped mint mixed with vinegar and sugar used as a sauce for roast lamb.

n. the place where money is coined by government: a place where anything is invented or made: any source of abundant supply.—v.t. to coin: to invent.—ns. Mint′age the money which is minted or coined: the duty paid for coining; Mint′er one who mints or coins: an inventor; Mint′-man one skilled in coining or coinage; Mint′-mark a private mark put by the mint on coins for purposes of identification; Mint′-mas′ter the master of a mint: one who invents.

v.i. (Scot.) to purpose try: to hint.

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