mint /ˈmɪnt/
 薄荷,造幣廠,巨額(vt.)鑄造,鑄幣,偽造


 mint /ˈmɪnt/ 名詞
 薄荷


 Mint n.  Bot. The name of several aromatic labiate plants, mostly of the genus Mentha, yielding odoriferous essential oils by distillation. See Mentha.
 Note: ☞ Corn mint is Mentha arvensis. -- Horsemint is Mentha sylvestris, and in the United States Monarda punctata, which differs from the true mints in several respects. -- Mountain mint is any species of the related genus Pycnanthemum, common in North America. -- Peppermint is Mentha piperita. -- Spearmint is Mentha viridis. -- Water mint is Mentha aquatica.
 Mint camphor. Chem. See Menthol.
 Mint julep. See Julep.
 Mint sauce, a sauce flavored with spearmint, for meats.


 Mint, n.
 1. A place where money is coined by public authority.
 2. Hence: Any place regarded as a source of unlimited supply; the supply itself.
    A mint of phrases in his brain.   --Shak.


 Mint, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Minted; p. pr. & vb. n. Minting.]
 1. To make by stamping, as money; to coin; to make and stamp into money.
 2. To invent; to forge; to fabricate; to fashion.
    Titles . . . of such natures as may be easily minted.   --Bacon.
 Minting mill, a coining press.

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 mint
      adj : as if new; "in mint condition" [syn: mint(a)]
      n 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" [syn: batch, deal, flock, {good
           deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess,
            mickle, muckle, peck, pile, plenty, pot, {quite
           a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, {tidy
           sum, wad, whole lot, whole slew]
      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 [syn: mint candy]
      5: a plant where money is coined by authority of the government
      v : form by stamping, punching, or printing; "strike coins";
          "strike a medal" [syn: coin, strike]


 Mint
    (Gr. heduosmon, i.e., "having a sweet smell"), one of the garden
    herbs of which the Pharisees paid tithes (Matt. 23:23; Luke
    11:42). It belongs to the labiate family of plants. The species
    most common in Syria is the Mentha sylvestris, the wild mint,
    which grows much larger than the garden mint (M. sativa). It was
    much used in domestic economy as a condiment, and also as a
    medicine. The paying of tithes of mint was in accordance with
    the Mosiac law (Deut. 14:22), but the error of the Pharisees lay
    in their being more careful about this little matter of the mint
    than about weightier matters.