Fine, but they can't smell it on your breath, So eat a?mint?after.

—2 Broke Girls

隨你吧,不過不能讓人家聞到酒味,等會吃顆薄荷糖吧。

——《破產(chǎn)姐妹》

一、你知道m(xù)int有幾種含義嗎?

n.

1.薄荷 [U]?a plant with dark green leaves that have a fresh smell and taste and are added to food and drinks to give flavour, and used in cooking as a herb and to decorate food

Sage, mint and dill are all herbs.

鼠尾草、薄荷、蒔蘿均為藥草。

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2.大量;巨(款) [C]?a large amount of money

He has a mint of money.

他有大量的錢。

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3.造幣廠 [U]?a place where money is made

The mint coins millions of nickels and dimes each year.

造幣廠每年都要鑄數(shù)以百萬計的分幣和角幣。

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v.

鑄造,鑄幣 [T]?to make a coin from metal

The Romans learned to mint from the Greeks.

羅馬人從希臘人那里學會了鑄造錢幣。

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二、你知道m(xù)int和哪些詞更搭嗎?

lemon mint

檸檬香蜂草

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water mint

水生薄荷

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corn mint

n. 薄荷

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mint julep

n. <美> 薄荷朱利酒(白蘭地加冰塊,砂糖及薄荷所調(diào)成的飲料)

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三、最后,做個填詞游戲吧
?I decorated the fruit salad with a sprig of _____.
我用小薄荷枝裝點水果色拉。 ?