| 单词 | mint |
| 释义 | mint 1. n. 1. any aromatic plant of the genus Mentha. 2. a peppermint sweet or lozenge. Phrases and idioms mint julep US a sweet iced alcoholic drink of bourbon flavoured with mint. mint sauce chopped mint in vinegar and sugar, usu. eaten with lamb. Derivatives minty adj. (mintier, mintiest). Etymology: OE minte ult. f. L ment(h)a f. Gk minthe 2. n. & v. --n 1. a place where money is coined, usu. under State authority. 2. a vast sum of money (making a mint). 3. a source of invention etc. (a mint of ideas). --vtr. 1. make (coin) by stamping metal. 2. invent, coin (a word, phrase, etc.). Phrases and idioms in mint condition (or state) freshly minted; (of books etc.) as new. mint-mark a mark on a coin to indicate the mint at which it was struck. mint-master the superintendent of coinage at a mint. mint par (in full mint parity) 1. the ratio between the gold equivalents of currency in two countries. 2. their rate of exchange based on this. Derivatives mintage n. Etymology: OE mynet f. WG f. L moneta MONEY |
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