mint
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Danh từ
noun- 1.
A building or institution where money (originally, only coins) is produced under government licence.
- 2.
(informal)A vast sum of money; (by extension) a large amount of something.
That house is worth a mint.
It must have cost a mint to produce!
to make a mint
Đồng nghĩa: bundle, pile, small fortune
- 3.
(figuratively)Any place regarded as a source of unlimited supply; the supply itself.
- 4.
(countable, uncountable)Any plant in the genus Mentha in the family Lamiaceae, typically aromatic with square stems.
Đồng nghĩa: mentha
- 5.
(countable, uncountable)The flavoring of the plant, either a sweet, a jelly or sauce.
- 6.
(countable, uncountable)A green color, like that of mint.
- 7.
(countable, uncountable)A mint-flavored candy, often eaten to sweeten the smell of the breath.
- 8.
(Northern England, Scotland)(provincial, Northern England, Scotland) An intent, a purpose; an attempt, a try; an effort, an endeavor.
Động từ
verb- 1.
(transitive)To reproduce (coins), usually en masse, under licence.
- 2.
To invent; to forge; to fabricate; to fashion.
- 3.
(transitive)(transitive, cryptocurrencies) To create a crypto token.
- 4.
(Northern England, Scotland, intransitive)(intransitive, provincial, Northern England, Scotland) To try, attempt; take aim.
- 5.
(Northern England, Scotland, transitive)(transitive, provincial, Northern England, Scotland) To try, attempt, endeavor; to take aim at; to try to hit; to purpose.
- 6.
(Scotland, intransitive)(intransitive, chiefly Scotland) To hint; suggest; insinuate.
Tính từ
adjective- 1.
(abbreviation, alt of, ellipsis, not comparable)Ellipsis of mint condition: like new.
Most of my collection is near mint, but these ones here are mint.
- 2.
(not comparable)(numismatics) In near-perfect condition; uncirculated.
- 3.
(not comparable)(philately) Unused with original gum; as issued originally.
- 4.
(Geordie, Northern England, not comparable, slang)(Northern England, especially Manchester, Geordie, slang) Very good, excellent.
- 5.
(Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, UK, not comparable, slang)Attractive; beautiful; handsome.
- 6.
(not comparable)Of a green color, like that of the mint plant.
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ine-pro From Middle English mynt, münet (money, coin), from Old English mynet (coin), from late *munit, from Latin monēta (place for making coins, coined money), from the temple of Juno Moneta (named for Monēta mother of the Muses), where coins were made. money manat. The verb is from the noun; mynetian to mint is a parallel formation.