单词 | mill |
释义 | mill¹ 1.(producing flour)磨坊;磨粉厂 There has been a mill on this curve of the river since Saxon times.打从撒克逊时代起, 这条河的拐弯处就有一座磨坊了。 a flour mill面粉厂 2.(factory; producing steel, wool, textiles)工厂;(尤指)加工厂, 制造厂 Raw-steel production by the nation's mills decreased 3.4% last week.上周, 全国钢铁厂的原钢生产量下降了3.4%。 a paper mill造纸厂 a cotton mill棉纺厂 3.(machine)磨粉机;碾磨机;滚轧机 4.(grinder)家用研磨器;研钵 a handsome salt mill一个精巧的磨盐器 See alsopepper mill coffee mill 5.(roller)(纺织品印花机或印钞机上的)辊子, 印花辊, 轧花辊 6.(influencing institution)像工厂般操作的机构 the growing industry of diploma mills that scam unsuspecting consumers and employers by offering fraudulent degrees不断壮大的、蒙骗毫不设防的消费者和雇主的假证制造产业 the rumour mill谣言工厂 The rumour mill was abuzz with suggestions of a problem with the racehorse yesterday.谣言工厂昨天在喋喋不休地暗示那匹赛马存在问题。 7.<古,非正式>(fight)拳斗;斗殴 8.<美,加拿大>(unit)厘, 密尔(计算财产税等所用的货币单位, 1密尔=0.001美元) The levy that supports the Jamestown fire department is set at 1.3 mills.用作詹姆斯敦消防队经费的征税额定为1.3厘。 idiom mill² ◆to go through the mill (undergo ordeal)经受磨难;饱尝辛酸 By the time you have gone through the mill with various infertility treatments, you may well be too old to have children.等你饱受磨难完成各种不育治疗后, 可能已经太老了, 不能生育了。 ◆to put sb through the mill (put through ordeal)使某人经受磨难;使某人饱尝辛酸 The police questioned her for nearly three hours, during which time they really put her through the mill.警方审问了她将近三个小时, 着实让她吃了些苦头。 ◆run of the mill (routine)一般的;普通的 Susan was attractive and, even better, she was interesting. Not run of the mill at all.苏珊有魅力, 而且更可贵的是她还很有趣, 一点也不平淡乏味。 Ted was no run of the mill entrepreneur but an inventor with a fierce pride in his company.特德并不是一个普普通通的企业家, 而是一位对自己的公司有着高度自豪感的创造者。 1.+ flour, coffee, pepper碾;磨;把…磨成粉;把…碾碎 They mill 1000 tonnes of flour a day in every Australian state.澳大利亚每个州一天要磨1,000吨面粉。 Add sea salt and freshly milled black pepper.添加海盐和现磨的黑胡椒粉。 2.+ paper, textiles加工;制造 Last year, an estimated 193,368 tonnes of ore were milled.去年矿石加工量经估算为193,368吨。 polished timber boards which were milled from recycled wharf beams利用回收的码头横梁加工制成的磨光板材 3.(cut, roll)+ metal(用铣床)铣, 切割, 切削;(用滚轧机)轧, 碾, 压 The designer milled and installed steel strips around the fireplace.设计师铣好钢条后安装在壁炉四周。 4.+ coin轧出…的凸缘 5.<罕>+ chocolate搅拌;搅打 6.<古,非正式>(fight)(尤指用拳)打 Phrasal Verbsmill about,mill around |
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