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mill

UK /mɪl/US /mɪl/

词源

源自古英语 mylen,来自拉丁语 molina(磨坊),与 molere(研磨)相关。

noun

❶ 指用于研磨谷物或加工材料的机器或建筑物,通常由大型旋转装置驱动,用于生产面粉、纸张等。

“The old windmill still stands on the hill.”

(那座古老的风车依然矗立在山丘上。)

“They took the wheat to the mill to be ground into flour.”

(他们把小麦带到磨坊磨成面粉。)

❶ 指制造或加工某种产品的工厂,常用于复合词中,如 steel mill(钢厂)、lumber mill(木材厂)。

“The textile mill employs hundreds of workers.”

(这家纺织厂雇佣了数百名工人。)

“The sawmill processes logs into lumber.”

(锯木厂将原木加工成木材。)

同义词:factory, plant, workshop

verb

❶ 用机器研磨或加工材料,如谷物、金属等,使其变成更细小的颗粒或特定形状。

“The wheat is milled into fine flour.”

(小麦被磨成精细的面粉。)

“This machine can mill metal parts with precision.”

(这台机器可以精密加工金属零件。)

❶ 指人或动物无目的地绕圈走动,常用于描述人群或动物的混乱移动。

“The crowd began to mill around after the concert.”

(音乐会结束后人群开始四处走动。)

“Cattle were milling about in the field.”

(牛群在田野里漫无目的地走动。)

同义词:grind, crush, process

常见短语

run of the mill — 形容普通、平常或没有特色的事物,表示缺乏独特性或卓越品质。

“It's just a run of the mill restaurant, nothing special.”

(这只是家普通的餐厅,没什么特别的。)

put through the mill — 指使某人经历艰难或严苛的考验,通常用于形容接受严格训练或经历困难处境。

“The new recruits were put through the mill during basic training.”

(新兵在基础训练期间经历了严苛的考验。)