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
mill²
/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