Mint

(noun.) a plant where money is coined by authority of the government.

(noun.) a candy that is flavored with a mint oil.

(noun.) the leaves of a mint plant used fresh or candied.

(noun.) any member of the mint family of plants.

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

(verb.) form by stamping, punching, or printing; 'strike coins'; 'strike a medal'.

(adj.) as if new; 'in mint condition' .

巴顿整理

• A person can generally sell his receipt for the difference between the mint price of bullion and the market price. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• The proportions between the bank price, the mint price, and the market price of gold bullion, are nearly the same. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• In the mint of Calcutta, an ounce of fine gold is supposed to be worth fifteen ounces of fine silver, in the same manner as in Europe. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• Worth a mint of money, Mr. George! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• The operations of the mint were, upon this account, somewhat like the web of Penelope; the work that was done in the day was undone in the night. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• Before the reformation of the gold coin, the market price was always more or less above the mint price. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• In the present hurry of the mint, it could not be returned till after a delay of several months. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• The coinage of the United States mints since the organization of the government has amounted to nearly 6,000,000,000 pieces, valued at over $4,000,000,000. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• I must not leave it to be supposed that we were ever a great House, or that we made mints of money. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• But, first, We cannot always judge of the value of the current money of different countries by the standard of their respective mints. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• Bicarbonate of soda is practically the sole ingredient of the soda mints popularly sold for indigestion. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• The first recorded coins were minted about 600 B.C. in Lydia, a gold-producing country in the west of Asia Minor. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.

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