| 单词 | mint |
| 释义 | mint I. 1. obsolete 2. a. < coinage by private mints was born of necessity — Abraham Kosoff > < the abbot … owned the one-man mint of that town — John Craig > b. usually capitalized < the Royal Mint > < Director of the United States Mint > 3. < a man … that hath a mint of phrases in his brain — Shakespeare > 4. < some of the scarce items cost a mint — T.H.Fielding > < you save a mint of money — advt > < he had a mint of faith in himself — Rosalind Duforet > 5. < 20th century mints — advt > II. transitive verb 1. < a patent … to mint copper coinage for Ireland — J.H.Plumb > < trade dollars … continued to be minted in proof — E.G.Bradfield > < Anglo-Saxon coins were minted by individuals commissioned by the rulers — C.V.Kappen > 2. < this copper was to be minted into … 9d. pieces — R.T.Hoober > < the silver which was mined there was minted into coins — J.W.M.Decker > 3. < a phrase newly minted here — R.H.Rovere > < the language is freshly minted — Alfred Kreymborg > < new ideas … are minted in a few months — Times Literary Supplement > intransitive verb < the Romans … learned to mint from the Greeks — John Craig > III. 1. 2. < a collection of mint and used stamps — National Stamp News > < the coins are … all in mint condition — Numismatist > < his copy … still mint in dust jacket, precisely as it came from the publisher — Charles Rosner > IV. 1. 2. V. VI. transitive verb 1. chiefly Scotland < mints to go tomorrow > 2. chiefly Scotland < cleave to the brisket the first man that mints another stroke — Sir Walter Scott > 3. chiefly Scotland intransitive verb 1. chiefly Scotland < don't just mint at it; do it > 2. chiefly Scotland < they that mint at a gown of gold — Sir Walter Scott > 3. chiefly Scotland < cannot understand what we mint at, unless we speak it out — Sir Walter Scott > VII. now chiefly Scotland < make a mint at it > |
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