mint

• n. 薄荷；[金融] 造币厂，巨款
• vt. 铸造，铸币
• n. (Mint)人名；(毛里塔)明特

来自拉丁文menta,薄荷，来自希腊语Minthe,薄荷仙子，在古希腊神话中，原为泉水仙子，因引诱冥王Hades,被冥后Persephone变成了薄荷树。

来自拉丁文moneta,铸币，硬币，词源同money,monetary.引申词义创造或发明。

1. (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent;

"a batch of letters"

"a deal of trouble"

"a lot of money"

"he made a mint on the stock market"

"it must have cost plenty"

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

3. the leaves of a mint plant used fresh or candied

4. a candy that is flavored with a mint oil

5. a plant where money is coined by authority of the government

mint

mint: [OE] English has two completely unconnected words mint. The ‘money factory’ comes ultimately from Latin monēta ‘mint, money’ (source also of English money). It was borrowed into prehistoric West Germanic as *munita, which in due course produced Old English mynet. This denoted ‘coin’ (as its modern German relative münze still does), and it was not until the 15th century that the modern sense ‘place where money is made’ emerged. Mint the plant originated in Greek mínthē, and reached English via Latin mentha (source of menthol [19], a German coinage) and prehistoric West Germanic *minta.
=> money; menthol

mint (n.1)

aromatic herb, Old English minte (8c.), from West Germanic *minta (cognates: Old Saxon minta, Middle Dutch mente, Old High German minza, German Minze), a borrowing from Latin menta, mentha "mint," from Greek minthe, personified as a nymph transformed into an herb by Proserpine, probably a loan-word from a lost Mediterranean language.

mint (n.2)

place where money is coined, early 15c., from Old English mynet "coin, coinage, money" (8c.), from West Germanic *munita (cognates: Old Saxon munita, Old Frisian menote, Middle Dutch munte, Old High German munizza, German münze), from Latin moneta "mint" (see money). Earlier word for "place where money is coined" was minter (early 12c.). General sense of "a vast sum of money" is from 1650s.

mint (v.)

"to stamp metal to make coins," 1540s, from mint (n.2). Related: Minted; minting. Minter "one who stamps coins to create money" is from early 12c.

mint (adj.)

"perfect" (like a freshly minted coin), 1887 (in mint condition), from mint (n.2).

mint-flavoured toothpaste

薄荷味的牙膏

牛津词典

I decorated the fruit salad with a sprig of mint.

我用小薄荷枝装点水果色拉。

牛津词典

roast lamb with mint sauce

烤小羊肉蘸薄荷沙司

牛津词典

after-dinner mints

餐后薄荷糖

牛津词典

the Royal Mint (= the one where British coins and notes are made)

皇家铸币厂

牛津词典

to make/cost a mint

赚大钱；耗费大笔的钱

牛津词典

Garnish with mint sprigs.

用薄荷枝装点。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

In 1965 the mint stopped putting silver in dimes.

1965年，铸币厂停止向10分硬币中加入银的成分。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

...the right to mint coins.

铸币权

柯林斯高阶英语词典

...its collection of locally minted Saxon coins.

对当地铸造的撒克逊时期硬币的收藏

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Everybody thinks I'm making a mint...

人人都认为我要发大财了。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

They were worth a mint.

它们价值不菲。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Billy: Well, It'smells like mint, and it's very cooling.

比利: 嗯, 这闻起来像薄荷, 而且很凉.

期刊摘选

The coin is minted by Shenyang Mint and solely distributed by China Gold Coin Incorporation.

该纪念金币由沈阳造币厂铸造,中国金币总公司总经销.

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Handy and convenient with mint and anise flavours to leave your breath tasting fresh.

薄荷及茴香芬芳令您呵气如兰,而且设计小巧玲珑,方便携带.

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There is a fruity and fragrant nose, reminiscent of mint and , at times, lemongrass.

浅禾秆色,微泛绿色.果香和花香浓郁充盈, 有薄荷叶, 亦或是柠檬草的香气.

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Mint ere you strike.

先礼后兵.

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Wow that was mint. No wonder it took so long to prepare. What an opening ceremony.

哇,太棒了,怪不得花这么长时间准备, 多么棒的开幕式啊.

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It is in mint condition.

正是在薄荷的条件.

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The scarf is new, it has never been worn and is in mint condition.

围巾是新的, 从来也没有磨损和薄荷条件.

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Ingredient: Deep sea cleanser gene, natural willow extraction, bee gel extraction, corn mint and herbs extraction.

成分: 海洋深层洁肤因子 、 天然柳树皮萃取液 、 蜂胶萃取液 、 清爽薄荷和草本植物精华成分.

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Top up with tonic water, add the mint sprigs and serve immediately.

最后用奎宁水续杯,用薄荷叶进行装饰,即可饮用.

期刊摘选

The Romans learned to mint from the Greeks.

罗马人从希腊人那里学会了铸造钱币.

《简明英汉词典》

Would you like some mint sauce with the lamb?

羊肉里要放点薄荷沙司 吗 ?

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