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- a building equipped with machinery for grinding grain into flour磨坊, 碾磨厂, 磨粉厂。
1.1
- a piece of machinery of this type碾磨机, 磨粉机。
1.2
- a domestic device for grinding a solid substance to powder or pulp磨, 碾磨机：
a coffee mill.
咖啡磨。
1.3
- 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。
1.4
- 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; 拳斗。
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 (milled) freshly milled black pepper.刚碾好的黑胡椒。
1.1
- cut or shape (metal) with a rotating tool切割（金属）; 铣：
as adj. milling lathes and milling machines.车床和铣床。
1.2
- usu. as adj. milled produce regular ribbed markings on the edge of (a coin) as a protection against illegal clipping轧出（硬币的）边纹。
2
- no obj.
mill about/around
(of people or animals) move around in a confused mass（人或动物）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。
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- 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）。
短语
go （或put someone）through the mill
- undergo (or cause someone to undergo) an unpleasant experience（使）经受磨炼; （使）饱尝艰辛。
派生词
millable
adjective词源
Old English mylen, based on late Latin molinum, from Latin mola 'grindstone, mill'， from molere 'to grind'.