| 释义 |
mint2/mint/ n. & v.●n. 1 a place where money is coined, usu. under State authority (通常政府当局的)铸币局；铸币厂 2 colloq. a vast sum of money [口]巨额的钱 making a mint 赚大钱 3 a source of invention etc. (发明等的)来源；制造所 a mint of ideas 思想的来源 ●v. tr. 1 make (coin) by stamping metal (用金属)铸造(硬币) 2 invent, coin (a word, phrase, etc.) 制造，创造(词语、短语等) □ in mint condition (or state) freshly minted; (of books etc.) as new 新铸造的；(书籍等)崭新的 □ mintage n.[Old English mynet via West Germanic from Latin moneta MONEY] |