Picture something solid that the earth made on its own — salt, coal, iron, gold — no plant and no animal involved. That is the test the word applies: it grew in the ground, not in a living thing. The same substances turn up on a food label, because your body needs some of them too.
原始詞典資料10 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
Mineralname
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A number of places in the United States, including:
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A number of places in the United States, including:
mineralnoun/ˈmɪn.ə.ɹəl/
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geographygeologynatural-sciencesAny naturally occurring solid material that has a (more or less) definite chemical composition and characteristic physical properties; especially, an inorganic and crystalline one.
- The physiology of matter in the abstract is dynamical, that of mineral species is both dynamical and chemical, while that of organized forms is at once dynamical, chemical, and biotical.
- Formation of alteration minerals in the host rock during deformation within the shear zone is indicated by the parallel foliation within the secondary micaceous minerals and the unmineralized host schist.
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Any inorganic material (as distinguished from animal or vegetable).
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Any inorganic element that is essential to nutrition.
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Mineral water.
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informalA soft drink, particularly a single serve bottle or can.
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obsoleteA mine or mineral deposit.
- O'er whom his very madness, like some ore / Among a mineral of metals base, / Shows itself pure;
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obsoleteA poisonous or dangerous substance.
- ...Thou hast... / Abused her delicate youth with drugs or minerals[…]
mineraladj/ˈmɪn.ə.ɹəl/
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of, related to, or containing minerals
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