mill

mill1
noun
  1. a building equipped with machinery for grinding grain into flour
    磨坊，碾磨厂，磨粉厂
    ■a piece of machinery of this type
    碾磨机，磨粉机
    ■a domestic device for grinding a solid substance to powder or pulp
    磨
    a coffee mill.
    咖啡磨。
    ■a building fitted with machinery for a manufacturing process
    制造厂，作坊
    a steel mill.
    轧钢厂。
    [as modifier]a mill town.
    多作坊的小城镇。
    ■a piece of manufacturing machinery
    机器；铣床
  2. (informal)an engine
    (非正式)引擎
  3. (informal, dated)a boxing match or a fist fight
    (非正式，旧)拳击比赛；斗殴
verb
  1. [with obj.]grind or crush (something) in a mill
    磨，碾
    hard wheats are easily milled into white flour.
    硬质小麦很容易就被磨成了白面粉。
    [as adj., with submodifier]freshly milled black pepper.
    刚碾好的黑胡椒。
    ■cut or shape (metal) with a rotating tool
    切割（金属）；铣
    [as abj. milling]lathes and milling machines.
    车床和铣床。
    ■[usu. as adj. milled]produce regular ribbed markings on the edge of (a coin) as a protection against illegal clipping
    轧（硬币）边纹
  2. [no obj.](mill about/around)(of people or animals) move around in a confused mass
    无目的地乱转；绕圈子
    people milled about the room, shaking hands.
    大家在房间里转来转去互相握手。
    [as adj. milling]the milling crowds of guests.
    来回打转的一群群客人。
  3. [with obj.]thicken (wool or another animal fibre) by fulling it
    使（羊毛或其他动物纤维）缩绒（或缩呢）
常用词组
go (或 put someone) through the mill
  1. undergo (or cause someone to undergo) an unpleasant experience
    （使）经受磨炼；（使）饱尝艰辛
派生
millable
adjective
语源
  1. Old English mylen, based on late Latin molinum, from Latin mola 'grindstone, mill', from molere 'to grind'
mill2
noun
  1. (N. Amer.)a monetary unit used only in calculations, worth one thousandth of a dollar
    (北美)密尔，厘（记账用货币单位，等于0.001美元）
语源
  1. late 18th cent.: from Latin millesimum 'thousandth part'; compare with cent
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