单词 | moulin |
释义 | moulinn. 1. In France and French-speaking countries: a mill (mill n.1 1). rare. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation of grain > milling or grinding > [noun] > corn-mill millOE oat mill1482 corn-mill1523 grist-mill1602 barley-mill1797 flouring-mill1797 moulin1837 corn-grinder1841 grain-mill1867 1837 J. E. Murray Summer in Pyrenees II. 85 His own particular moulin, in which he grinds the produce of his garden-field. 1997 Observer (Nexis) 4 May (Life Suppl.) 62 In a novel alternative to traditional chateaux, French Expressions..offers a water-mill sojourn encompassing moulins in Normandy, Cognac, the Dordogne, Burgundy and Pas-de-Calais. 2. A deep, nearly vertical circular well or shaft in a glacier, formed by surface water falling through a crack in the ice and gradually carving out a hole. Cf. glacier-mill n. at glacier n. Compounds 3. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > ice > body of ice > glacier > [noun] > circular well or shaft moulin1843 giant's kettle1882 glacier-mill1894 1843 J. D. Forbes Trav. Alps of Savoy 85 But always..these cascades or ‘Moulins’ are found in almost exactly the same position. 1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps ii. xxv. 363 These moulins occur only at those parts of the glacier which are not much rent by fissures. 1889 G. F. Wright Ice Age N. Amer. 19 Neither moulins nor regular dirt-bands are present. 1957 G. E. Hutchinson Treat. Limnol. I. i. 50 He considers that they are formed as moulins or glacial potholes. 1978 Nature 26 Oct. 733/1 As no crevasses, moulins or englacial conduits are present in this area, this behaviour can only indicate the existence of an open fracture that intersects the hole between the surface and 250 m depth. 1996 Hydrol. Processes 10 1422 The cause of hysteresis was a water input to the moulin that initially exceeded its drainage capacity. 3. A type of hand-operated kitchen utensil used for grinding or puréeing food. Cf. mill n.1 3a, Mouli n., moulin à legumes n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > equipment for food preparation > [noun] > grinder mortareOE mortle1570 mill1588 metate1625 potato-mill1812 food mill1857 Moulinette1936 Mouli1937 mouli-légumes1959 moulin à legumes1959 moulin1962 1962 Harper's Bazaar Aug. 37 Black pepper freshly ground from the moulin. 1966 ‘K. Nicholson’ Hook, Line & Sinker viii. 92 In the kitchen Mrs. Chilperic..was urging the apple sauce through the moulin. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1837 |
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