Mint



GRE 蓝宝

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n.大量; 巨额
• ［类］ 反义词: modicum ( 微量)

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: Middle English minte, from Old English, from Latin mentha, menta; akin to Greek minthē mint
• Date: before 12th century
• 1. any of a family (Labiatae, the mint family) of aromatic plants with a square stem and a 4-lobed ovary which produces four one-seeded nutlets in fruit; especially any of a genus (Mentha) of mints that have white, purple, or pink verticillate flowers with a nearly regular corolla and four equal stamens and that include some used in flavoring and cookery
• 2. a confection flavored with mint
• ? minty adjective

II. noun

• Etymology: Middle English mynt coin, money, from Old English mynet, from Latin moneta mint, coin, from Moneta, epithet of Juno; from the fact that the Romans coined money in the temple of Juno Moneta
• Date: 15th century
• 1. a place where coins, medals, or tokens are made
• 2. a place where something is manufactured
• 3. a vast sum or amount <worth a mint>

III. transitive verb

• Date: circa 1520
• 1. to make (as coins) out of metal ; coin
• 2. create, produce
• 3. to cause to attain an indicated status <newly minted doctors>
• ? minter noun

IV. adjective

• Date: 1902
• unmarred as if fresh from a mint <in mint condition>

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