mill

Word family adjectivemillablemillednounmillermillingmillocracymillocratmillboardmilldammillhandmillpondmillracemillrindmillrunmillscalemillstonemillstreammilltailmillwheelmillworkmillworkermillwrightmill

Related topics: Mechanical, Factories, Currencies

mill1 /mɪl/ noun [countableC]

1. TEMgrain 谷物 a building containing a large machine for crushing grain into flour 磨坊，磨粉厂

2 TIFcotton/cloth/steel 棉/布/钢 a factory that produces materials such as cotton, cloth, or steel 〔生产棉纱、布匹、钢铁等的〕工厂，制造厂

cotton/steel/paper etc mill

an old Victorian cotton mill

一家维多利亚时期的旧纱厂

3. coffee/pepper mill DFUa small machine for crushing coffee or pepper 咖啡研磨机/胡椒研磨器

Examples from the Corpus

coffee/pepper mill• Provençal green tableware, salt & pepper mills, utensils and condiments, from a selection at Divertimenti.• Have lemons and a pepper mill on the table and toast as for sardine butter.• You eye the pepper mill, pause and pick the tablecloth.

→4 See picture of 见图 mill

4 go through the mill PROBLEMto go through a time when you experience a lot of difficulties and problems 历尽艰辛；经受磨炼

He’s really been through the mill recently.

他最近真是饱受磨难。

Examples from the Corpus

go through the mill• Busiack has been through the mill with these federal investigators.• Part of the Council's records-base is going through the mill of privatisation.• We went through the mill together, Franklin.

5 put somebody through the mill EXAM/TESTto make someone answer a lot of difficult questions or do a lot of difficult things in order to test them 使某人经历严格的考查

It was a three-day course and they really put us through the mill.

课程为期三天，他们对我们进行了非常严格的考查。

Examples from the Corpus

put somebody through the mill• Candidates are put through the mill by the Senate.

6. money 钱 American EnglishAmEPEC a unit of money equal to 1/10 of a cent, used in setting taxes and for other financial purposes 密尔，厘〔等于1/10美分，用于定税或其他金融用途〕

7 million 百万 spoken a million 一百万

Are you saying they paid a quarter of a mill for that house?

你是说他们花25万买了那幢房子？

→ run-of-the-mill, → (all) grist to the mill at grist

Examples from the Corpus

mill• The movie has earned almost $2 mill in the first weekend.• Writers of the time talked about how factories and mills dehumanized workers.• The former corn mill is owned by Bristol City Museum and is open to the public.• The missions were not merely churches but entire working communities, with farms, blacksmiths, flour mills and residences.• Taylor's map of 1777 shows four mills on its lower section, with a number of others further upstream.• a lumber mill• An entirely new idea for the running of mills and the organising of the mill-workers.• an old mill with a ruined water-wheel• Last week some one had laced the coffee in the mill with arsenic.• They even lost two weeks of wages because the paychecks bounced without warning when the mill suddenly closed in March 1980.

cotton/steel/paper etc mill• Then came Mr Jedidiah Strutt, who built a cotton mill on the Derwent and shortly afterwards three more.• Mr Garvey, 57, is known as a hands-on manager with in-depth knowledge of the operations of a steel mill.• The very thought of the government owning a steel mill... well, it was just way too Mitterrand-ish.• It was later converted to a paper mill.• No mention was made of the fact that the New York Times had major interests in four paper mills.• I began to work in steel mills when I was seventeen to support my education.• But new steel mills are starting up, which some analysts expect will boost supply and depress prices over the next year.• Ralph had no interest in business matters, which was evident at the cotton mill this morning.

Related topics: Industry

mill2 verb [transitiveT]

1 TIto crush grain, pepper etc in a mill 将〔谷物、胡椒等〕碾碎，把…磨细

All our flours are milled using traditional methods.

我们所有的面粉全是用传统方法碾磨的。

Add some freshly milled black pepper.

加一些现磨的黑胡椒粉。

2. to press, roll, or shape metal in a machine 〔用机器〕碾[轧，铣]〔金属〕

3 mill around/about (something) phrasal verbphr v informal CROWDif a lot of people mill around, they move around a place in different directions without any particular purpose 〔许多人〕无目的地乱转，乱兜圈子

Crowds of students were milling around in the street.

一群群的学生在街上转悠。

There were a lot of people milling around the entrance.

有很多人在入口处晃荡。

Examples from the Corpus

mill around/about • Chesarynth gripped it convulsively at the strange sight of people milling around.• It was a dark overcast day; the people milling around all looked grey.• Two days later mobs milled around as William Lloyd Garrison began to speak.• The entire Project Eden team - or what was left of it - was milling around: cowed, shocked and submissive.• There were people milling around on the streets.• Previously, most local grain was ground in the many small mills around the city and outlying areas.• Shaken survivors milled about the lobby awaiting word on when they could leave Cairo.• People have been coming in and milling around to see if we actually have it.

Examples from the Corpus

mill• The carbon in pulp process uses higher grade ore which is crushed, milled and mixed with chemical solutions in large tanks.• The curds of two days' cheesemaking are mixed together before being milled and pressed.• Others were milling around on the grass to no apparent purpose.• Then, I switched to old, soft aluminum, milled from a single block.• In a conference room, there is a thirty-foot table milled from a single piece of green malachite.• Harrison joined a crowd of about 5000 milling outside the radio station.• Leeming was standing in the middle of the third car, surrounded by sheep who milled round his feet.• The guests milled round in confusion.• They milled together and dismounted, the two Myrcans immediately running to the rear to intercept the pursuit.

From Longman Business Dictionary

millmill1 /mɪl/ noun [countableC]

1a building containing a large machine for crushing grain into flour, or the machine itself

2MANUFACTURING a factory that produces a material such as cotton, cloth, or steel

The textile mill is full of modern Japanese machinery.

Pittsburgh’s steel mills

the growing of conifers for the paper mills

millmill2 verb [transitiveT]

1to produce flour by crushing grain in a mill

2MANUFACTURING to press, roll, or shape metal in a machine

3to mark the edge of a coin with regular lines

—milled adjectiveadj [only before a noun]

milled corn

Origin mill1

1. Old English mylen, from Late Latin molina, from Latin mola “mill, millstone”

2. (1700-1800) Latin mille “thousand”

3. (1900-2000) million

词汇	mill
释义	mill Word family adjectivemillablemillednounmillermillingmillocracymillocratmillboardmilldammillhandmillpondmillracemillrindmillrunmillscalemillstonemillstreammilltailmillwheelmillworkmillworkermillwrightmill Related topics: Mechanical, Factories, Currencies mill1 /mɪl/ ●●○ noun [countableC] 1. TEMgrain 谷物 a building containing a large machine for crushing grain into flour 磨坊，磨粉厂 2 TIFcotton/cloth/steel 棉/布/钢 a factory that produces materials such as cotton, cloth, or steel 〔生产棉纱、布匹、钢铁等的〕工厂，制造厂 cotton/steel/paper etc mill an old Victorian cotton mill 一家维多利亚时期的旧纱厂 3. coffee/pepper mill DFUa small machine for crushing coffee or pepper 咖啡研磨机/胡椒研磨器 Examples from the Corpus coffee/pepper mill• Provençal green tableware, salt & pepper mills, utensils and condiments, from a selection at Divertimenti.• Have lemons and a pepper mill on the table and toast as for sardine butter.• You eye the pepper mill, pause and pick the tablecloth. →4 See picture of 见图 mill 4 go through the mill PROBLEMto go through a time when you experience a lot of difficulties and problems 历尽艰辛；经受磨炼 He’s really been through the mill recently. 他最近真是饱受磨难。 Examples from the Corpus go through the mill• Busiack has been through the mill with these federal investigators.• Part of the Council's records-base is going through the mill of privatisation.• We went through the mill together, Franklin. 5 put somebody through the mill EXAM/TESTto make someone answer a lot of difficult questions or do a lot of difficult things in order to test them 使某人经历严格的考查 It was a three-day course and they really put us through the mill. 课程为期三天，他们对我们进行了非常严格的考查。 Examples from the Corpus put somebody through the mill• Candidates are put through the mill by the Senate. 6. money 钱 American EnglishAmEPEC a unit of money equal to 1/10 of a cent, used in setting taxes and for other financial purposes 密尔，厘〔等于1/10美分，用于定税或其他金融用途〕 7 million 百万 spoken a million 一百万 Are you saying they paid a quarter of a mill for that house? 你是说他们花25万买了那幢房子？ → run-of-the-mill, → (all) grist to the mill at grist Examples from the Corpus mill• The movie has earned almost $2 mill in the first weekend.• Writers of the time talked about how factories and mills dehumanized workers.• The former corn mill is owned by Bristol City Museum and is open to the public.• The missions were not merely churches but entire working communities, with farms, blacksmiths, flour mills and residences.• Taylor's map of 1777 shows four mills on its lower section, with a number of others further upstream.• a lumber mill• An entirely new idea for the running of mills and the organising of the mill-workers.• an old mill with a ruined water-wheel• Last week some one had laced the coffee in the mill with arsenic.• They even lost two weeks of wages because the paychecks bounced without warning when the mill suddenly closed in March 1980. cotton/steel/paper etc mill• Then came Mr Jedidiah Strutt, who built a cotton mill on the Derwent and shortly afterwards three more.• Mr Garvey, 57, is known as a hands-on manager with in-depth knowledge of the operations of a steel mill.• The very thought of the government owning a steel mill... well, it was just way too Mitterrand-ish.• It was later converted to a paper mill.• No mention was made of the fact that the New York Times had major interests in four paper mills.• I began to work in steel mills when I was seventeen to support my education.• But new steel mills are starting up, which some analysts expect will boost supply and depress prices over the next year.• Ralph had no interest in business matters, which was evident at the cotton mill this morning. Related topics: Industry mill2 verb [transitiveT] 1 TIto crush grain, pepper etc in a mill 将〔谷物、胡椒等〕碾碎，把…磨细 All our flours are milled using traditional methods. 我们所有的面粉全是用传统方法碾磨的。 Add some freshly milled black pepper. 加一些现磨的黑胡椒粉。 2. to press, roll, or shape metal in a machine 〔用机器〕碾[轧，铣]〔金属〕 3 mill around/about (something) phrasal verbphr v informal CROWDif a lot of people mill around, they move around a place in different directions without any particular purpose 〔许多人〕无目的地乱转，乱兜圈子 Crowds of students were milling around in the street. 一群群的学生在街上转悠。 There were a lot of people milling around the entrance. 有很多人在入口处晃荡。 Examples from the Corpus mill around/about • Chesarynth gripped it convulsively at the strange sight of people milling around.• It was a dark overcast day; the people milling around all looked grey.• Two days later mobs milled around as William Lloyd Garrison began to speak.• The entire Project Eden team - or what was left of it - was milling around: cowed, shocked and submissive.• There were people milling around on the streets.• Previously, most local grain was ground in the many small mills around the city and outlying areas.• Shaken survivors milled about the lobby awaiting word on when they could leave Cairo.• People have been coming in and milling around to see if we actually have it. Examples from the Corpus mill• The carbon in pulp process uses higher grade ore which is crushed, milled and mixed with chemical solutions in large tanks.• The curds of two days' cheesemaking are mixed together before being milled and pressed.• Others were milling around on the grass to no apparent purpose.• Then, I switched to old, soft aluminum, milled from a single block.• In a conference room, there is a thirty-foot table milled from a single piece of green malachite.• Harrison joined a crowd of about 5000 milling outside the radio station.• Leeming was standing in the middle of the third car, surrounded by sheep who milled round his feet.• The guests milled round in confusion.• They milled together and dismounted, the two Myrcans immediately running to the rear to intercept the pursuit. From Longman Business Dictionary millmill1 /mɪl/ noun [countableC] 1a building containing a large machine for crushing grain into flour, or the machine itself 2MANUFACTURING a factory that produces a material such as cotton, cloth, or steel The textile mill is full of modern Japanese machinery. Pittsburgh’s steel mills the growing of conifers for the paper mills millmill2 verb [transitiveT] 1to produce flour by crushing grain in a mill 2MANUFACTURING to press, roll, or shape metal in a machine 3to mark the edge of a coin with regular lines —milled adjectiveadj [only before a noun] milled corn Origin mill1 1. Old English mylen, from Late Latin molina, from Latin mola “mill, millstone” 2. (1700-1800) Latin mille “thousand” 3. (1900-2000) million
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