( <美> mold)
1
- a hollow container used to give shape to molten or hot liquid material (such as wax or metal) when it cools and hardens模子, 模型。
1.1
- something made in this way, especially a pudding or savoury mousse模制品（尤指用模子制成的布丁或奶油冻）：
lobster mould with a sauce of carrots and port.
加胡萝卜和波尔图葡萄酒沙司的龙虾冻。
1.2
- in sing. figurative a distinctive and typical style, form, or character〈喻〉（独特的）性格, 风格, 形式：
he's a superb striker in the same mould as Gary Lineker.
他是同加里·莱因克的风格一样的极好的前锋。
1.3
- a frame or template for producing mouldings框架; 型芯。
1.4
- archaic the form or shape of something, especially the features or physique of a person or the build of an animal〈古〉（尤指人、动物的）体形; 模样。
with obj.
1- form (an object with a particular shape) out of easily manipulated material用可塑材料塑成（某种形状的物体）; 塑造：
mould the figure from white fondant.
用白色软糖塑造人形。
1.1
- give a shape to (a malleable substance)使（延展性材料）成形：
take the marzipan and mould it into a cone shape.
采用杏仁蛋白软糖, 将其做成锥形。
1.2
- influence the formation or development of对…的形成（或发展）施加影响：
the professionals who were helping to mould US policy.
协助制定美国政策的专业人士。
1.3
- shape (clothing) to fit a particular part of the body（按身材特点）制成, 成形：
as adj. moulded a shoe with moulded insole.内底按足型成形的鞋子。
1.4
- often as adj. moulded shape (a column, ceiling, or other part of a building) to a particular design, especially a decorative moulding用建筑线条装饰（支柱、天花板等）：
a corridor with a moulded cornice.
有模制檐板装饰的走廊。
短语
break the mould
- put an end to a restrictive pattern of events or behaviour by doing things in a markedly different way打破常规, 摆脱条条框框：
his work did much to break the mould of the old urban sociology.
他的工作对于打破旧的城市社会学模式起了很大作用。
派生词
mouldable
adjectivemoulder
noun词源
Middle English: apparently from Old French modle, from Latin modulus （see MODULUS）.
( <美> mold)
mass noun
1- a furry growth of minute fungal hyphae occurring typically in moist warm conditions, especially on food or other organic matter（尤指食品或其他有机物质上的）霉, 霉菌。
1.1
- The fungi belong to the subdivision Deuteromycotina (or Ascomycotina).此真菌属半知菌亚门（或子囊菌亚门）。
词源
late Middle English: probably from obsolete mould, past participle of moul 'grow mouldy'， of Scandinavian origin; compare with Old Norse mygla 'grow mouldy'.
( <美> mold)
mass noun
1- chiefly Brit.soft loose earth〈主英〉松软沃土。参见LEAF MOULD.
1.1
- the upper soil of cultivated land, especially when rich in organic matter耕作土壤, 腐殖土。
词源
Old English molde, from a Germanic base meaning 'pulverize or grind'; related to MEAL2 .