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Menthol White Oil Menθɔl N.薄荷醇 英 N 薄荷醇

单词 menthol
音标 ['menθɔl]
解释 n.薄荷醇
红宝书 【英】 n. 薄荷醇 (a white substance which smells and tastes of mint)
字源 menthol (n.)
white crystalline substance, 1862, from German Menthol, coined 1861 by Alphons Oppenheim from Latin mentha "mint" (see mint (n.1)) + oleum "oil" (see oil (n.)). So called because it was first obtained from oil of peppermint.
不择手段背单词
趣味全助记 【记】源自mint 薄荷 + alcohol 酒精,醇;men + 音:馊,男人馊了,含块薄荷去去臭味

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