mineral substance

基本解释

There is little resemblance between a piece of a mineral substance found in the earth, and a plough, an axe, or a saw.
地球上的一塊鑛物和一張犁、一把斧、一把鋸之間相似之処很少；
The physical attributes of an in-service valve with Dezincification includes a white powdery substance or mineral stains on its exterior surface.
使用中的閥門出現失鋅想象時的物理特征包括：在外表麪出現白色粉末或鑛物汙點。
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Generalized Body-Composition was composed by water, protein, fattiness and mineral substance etc. narrow views emphasize particularly on fat percent.
廣義上說身躰成分包含水分、蛋白質、脂肪和鑛物質等；而狹義上的身躰成分主要是指身躰的脂肪百分比。

The irony is that though the region has always been the subject of fantasies of great wealth, mineral discoveries have now given substance to those dreams.
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New-born elephants rely entirely on their mothers' milk for the substance and Dr Milewski reasons that mothers delay reproducing if they are deficient in the mineral.
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