mill
noun
verb
mɪl
noun
1
GRAIN
谷物
a
building
containing
a
large
machine
for
crushing
grain
into
flour
磨坊,磨粉厂
2
COTTON/CLOTH/STEEL
棉/布/钢
a
factory
that
produces
materials
such
as
cotton,
cloth,
or
steel
〔生产棉纱、布匹或钢铁等的〕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
a
small
machine
for
crushing
coffee
or
pepper
咖啡研磨机/胡椒研磨器
4
go through the mill
to
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。
5
put sb through the mill
to
make
someone
answer
a
lot
of
difficult
questions
or
do
a
lot
of
difficult
things
in
order
to
test
them
使某人经受严格的考查
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。
6
MONEY
钱
a
unit
of
money
equal
to
1/10
of
a
cent,
used
in
setting
taxes
and
for
other
financial
purposes
[美] 密尔,厘〔等于 1/10 美分,用于定税或其他金融用途〕
AmE
7
MILLION
百万
a
million
一百万
spoken
Are
you
saying
they
paid
a
quarter
of
a
mill
for
that
house?
你是说他们付了 25 万买那幢房子?
verb
8
to
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。
9
to
press,
roll,
or
shape
metal
in
a
machine
〔用机器〕碾 (轧,铣 )〔金属〕
10
if
a
lot
of
people
mill
around,
they
move
around
a
place
in
different
directions
without
any
particular
purpose
[非正式] 〔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来转去。
There
were
a
lot
of
people
milling
around
the
entrance.
有很多人在入口处转悠。