mint

ミント、ハッカ

香りの強い葉を使って、食べ物や飲み物に爽やかな味を加える植物。

やさしい英語で： A plant with strongly scented leaves used to add a fresh taste to food and drinks.

• Add some fresh mint to the salad.
• We grow mint beside the kitchen door.
• Would you like tea with mint?

よく使う表現： fresh mint, mint leaves, mint tea, mint sauce

ミントキャンディー、ハッカ飴

強く爽やかな味の小さな飴。息を爽やかにするためによく食べる。

やさしい英語で： A small sweet with a fresh, strong flavour, often eaten to make your breath smell better.

• Would you like a mint?
• He offered me a mint after lunch.
• She keeps mints in her handbag.

よく使う表現： have a mint, packet of mints, after-dinner mint

造幣局

硬貨を作ることを正式に認められた施設や組織。

やさしい英語で： A building or organization officially allowed to make coins.

• The mint makes new coins.
• Security guards patrol the mint at night.
• Several national mints produce gold coins for collectors.

類義語： bundle, pile

よく使う表現： royal mint, national mint, mint workers, government mint

大金、巨額の金

非常に多い金額のお金。

やさしい英語で： A very large amount of money.

• That car must have cost a mint.
• She made a mint selling old furniture.
• Your grandfather’s watch could be worth a mint.

よく使う表現： make a mint, cost a mint, worth a mint

ミントグリーン

爽やかな印象のある、淡い緑色。

やさしい英語で： A light, fresh shade of green.

• She chose mint for the bedroom walls.
• The chairs come in pink and mint.
• A touch of mint brightens the design.

類義語： mint green

よく使う表現： pale mint, shade of mint, mint and white

鋳造する、貨幣を造る

通常は金属に模様を押し付けて、正式に硬貨を製造すること。

やさしい英語で： To make coins officially, usually by pressing a design into metal.

• The government mints new coins every year.
• These silver coins were minted in 1920.
• They plan to mint a coin celebrating the anniversary.

類義語： strike

よく使う表現： mint coins, mint gold coins, mint new currency

生み出す、造語する

新しいもの、特に言葉や表現を作り出すこと。

やさしい英語で： To invent or create something new, especially a word or expression.

• The writer minted a new word.
• Advertisers mint fresh phrases to attract attention.
• Who minted that expression?

類義語： coin, invent, create

よく使う表現： mint a word, mint a phrase, mint new terms

ミントグリーンの

爽やかな印象の淡い緑色をしていること。

やさしい英語で： Having a light, fresh green colour.

• She wore a mint dress.
• We painted the kitchen a mint colour.
• The mint green curtains match the cushions.

よく使う表現： mint green, mint dress, mint walls