mill1
n.[C]
- 磨坊;麵粉廠
The farmer took his corn to the
mill.
農民把他的玉米拿到磨坊去。
- 磨臼;磨(粉)機
- 製造廠,工廠
She works in a textile
mill.
她在一家紡織廠工作。
- 錢幣壓印機;榨汁機
- 【機】銑床;銑刀
- 【冶】軋鋼機
vt.
- 碾碎;將……磨成粉
I watched them
mill the grain into flour.
我看著他們把穀物磨成粉。
- 【機】銑
- 在(錢幣)上壓印花邊
- 使(家畜)繞圈子轉
vi.
- (人,家畜)成群地亂轉[(+about/around)]
There's a huge crowd of people
milling around in front of the theater.
一大群人在劇院門前轉來轉去。
- 【俚】毆鬥
- 被研磨
片語
go through the mill
- 經受磨鍊
He is willing to
go through the mill.
他願接受磨鍊。
No mill, no meal.
- 不播種,沒收穫。
put through the mill
- 使接受磨鍊
They
put her
through the mill.
他們使她接受磨鍊。
The mills of God grind slowly.
- 天網恢恢,疏而不漏。
辨析
mill1
n.
- a building equipped with machinery for grinding grain into flour.
▸a piece of machinery for grinding grain.
- a domestic device for grinding a solid substance to powder:
a pepper mill.
- a building fitted with machinery for a manufacturing process:
a steel mill.
▸a piece of manufacturing machinery.
v.
- grind in a mill.
- cut or shape (metal) with a rotating tool.
▸produce regular ribbed markings on the edge of (a coin).
-
(mill about/around)
(of people or animals) move around in a confused mass.
- thicken (wool) by fulling it.
Phrase
- go
(or put someone)
through the mill
undergo (or cause someone to undergo) an unpleasant experience.
Derivative
- millable adj.
- milled adj.
Etymology
OE mylen, based on late L. molinum, from L. mola ‘grindstone, mill’, from molere ‘to grind’.
mill2
n.
N. Amer. a monetary unit used only in calculations, worth one thousandth of a dollar.
Etymology
C18: from L. millesimum ‘thousandth part’; cf. cent.