mill around/about (something)

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishmill around/about (something) phrasal verb informalCROWDif a lot of people mill around, they move around a place in different directions without any particular purpose Crowds of students were milling around in the street. There were a lot of people milling around the entrance. → mill→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpusmill around/about • Chesarynth gripped it convulsively at the strange sight of people milling around.• It was a dark overcast day; the people milling around all looked grey.• Two days later mobs milled around as William Lloyd Garrison began to speak.• The entire Project Eden team - or what was left of it - was milling around: cowed, shocked and submissive.• There were people milling around on the streets.• Previously, most local grain was ground in the many small mills around the city and outlying areas.• People have been coming in and milling around to see if we actually have it.

单词	mill around/about (something)
释义	mill around/about (something) From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishmill around/about (something) phrasal verb informalCROWDif a lot of people mill around, they move around a place in different directions without any particular purpose Crowds of students were milling around in the street. There were a lot of people milling around the entrance. → mill→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpusmill around/about • Chesarynth gripped it convulsively at the strange sight of people milling around.• It was a dark overcast day; the people milling around all looked grey.• Two days later mobs milled around as William Lloyd Garrison began to speak.• The entire Project Eden team - or what was left of it - was milling around: cowed, shocked and submissive.• There were people milling around on the streets.• Previously, most local grain was ground in the many small mills around the city and outlying areas.• People have been coming in and milling around to see if we actually have it.
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