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新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

mill

英  [mɪl]
    

[NOUN, VERB]

    NOUN. 名词

  • mills

    1. [C 可数名词] 磨坊

    A mill is a building in which grain is crushed to make flour.

    双语例句

    例：

    There was an old mill that really did grind corn.

    有一个真正碾磨玉米的老磨坊。

    2. [C 可数名词] 碾磨器

    A mill is a small device used for grinding something such as coffee beans or pepper into powder.

    近义词

    grinder

    双语例句

    例：

    a pepper mill.

    一个胡椒碾磨器。

    3. [C 可数名词] （加工钢材、羊毛或棉花等的）工厂

    A mill is a factory used for making and processing materials such as steel, wool, or cotton.

    双语例句

    例：

    a steel mill.

    一家钢厂。

    PHRASAL VERB. 短语动词

  • mill around

    1. [PHRASAL 短语] 无目的地乱转

    When a crowd of people mill around, they move around within a particular place or area, so that the movement of the whole crowd looks very confused.

    双语例句

    例：

    Quite a few people were milling around, but nothing was happening.

    好些人在转来转去，但什么都没发生。

    VERB. 动词

  • mills , milling , milled

    1. [T 及物动词] 碾磨

    To mill something such as wheat or pepper means to grind it in a mill.

    双语例句

    例：

    They do not have the capacity to mill the grain.

    它们没有碾磨谷物的功能。

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