• n. 礦物；（英）礦泉水；無機物；蘇打水（常用復數表示）
• adj. 礦物的；礦質的

來自mine,礦山，礦物。引申詞義礦物質。

來自mine,礦山，礦物。引申詞義礦物質。

mineral

mineral: [15] A mineral is etymologically something obtained by ‘mining’. The word comes from medieval Latin minerāle, a derivative of the adjective minerālis. This in turn was derived from minera ‘ore’, a latinization of Old French miniere. And miniere itself came from Vulgar Latin *mināria, a derivative of *mina – source of English mine.
=> mine

mineral (n.)

late 14c., "substance obtained by mining," from Medieval Latin minerale "something mined," noun use of neuter of mineralis "pertaining to mines," from minera "mine." Meaning "material substance that is neither animal nor vegetable" is first recorded c. 1600. Modern scientific sense is from 1813.

mineral (adj.)

early 15c., "neither animal nor vegetable," from Old French mineral and directly from Medieval Latin mineralis (see mineral (n.)). Mineral water (early 15c.) originally was water found in nature with some mineral substance dissolved in it.

1. The mineral is weakly magnetic.

這種礦物帶有輕微的磁性。

來自柯林斯例句

2. The rock is rich in mineral salts.

該巖石中富含礦鹽。

來自柯林斯例句

3. The body is made of mineral-reinforced thermo-plastic.

主體材料是礦物增強熱塑性塑料。

來自柯林斯例句

4. A glass of mineral water, please.

請給我來杯礦泉水。

來自《權威詞典》

5. The high quality mineral water has passed the state - level test.

優質礦泉水已通過國家級鑒定.

來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》