1 a factory that is used for making certain kinds of material 厂;工厂:
a cotton/paper/steel mill棉纺厂;造纸厂;炼钢厂
2 a building that contains a large machine that was used in the past for making grain into flour 磨坊;磨粉厂:
a windmill风车
3 a kitchen tool that is used for making sth into powder 磨粉机;研磨机:
a pepper mill胡椒碾磨机
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/mɪl ||; mɪl/verb
[T] to produce sth in a mill 磨;碾
mill about/around(informal 非正式) (used about a large number of people or animals) to move around in a place with no real purpose (指大批人或动物)无目的地乱转或兜圈子
mill1/mIl; mIl/n [C] 1 a building containing a large machine for crushing grain into flour, or the machine itself 磨坊﹔〔碾磨谷物的〕磨粉机2 a factory that produces materials such as cotton, cloth, or steel〔生产棉纱﹑布或钢等的〕工厂﹐制造厂: an old cotton mill 旧棉纱厂3 coffee/pepper mill a small machine for crushing coffee or pepper 咖啡/胡椒研磨机
mill2v [T] to crush grain, pepper etc in a mill 碾磨﹐碾碎〔谷物﹑胡椒等〕: freshly milled black pepper 新研磨的黑胡椒粉mill around/about (sth)phr v informal if a lot of people are milling around, they move around a place without a particular purpose【非正式】〔一大群人〕无目的地走来走去﹐乱兜圈子: Crowds of students were milling around in the streets. 一群群学生在街上转来转去。
millmillmillsmilledmillingnoun1a building where a machine makes flour from grainLook also at windmill.2a factory where one material is made, for example cloth or paper: a paper mill