| 单词 | mill |
| 释义 | noun | verb millmill1 /mɪl/ ●●○ noun [countable] 1COTTON/STEEL/PAPER ETC. a factory where materials such as paper, steel, or cotton cloth are made: a lumber mill2GRAIN a building containing a large machine for crushing grain into flour, or the machine itself: an old mill with a ruined water-wheel3coffee/pepper mill a small machine or tool for crushing coffee or pepper4have been through the mill to have gone through a time when you experience a lot of difficulties and problems, or to make someone go through such a time: Baker has been through the mill with these federal investigators.5put somebody through the mill to make someone answer a lot of difficult questions or do a lot of difficult things in order to test him or her: Candidates are put through the mill by the Senate.6MILLION spoken a short form of “million”: The movie has earned almost two mill in the first weekend.7MONEY social studies, economics a unit of money equal to 1/10th of a cent, used in setting taxes and for other financial purposes[Origin: (1-5) Old English mylen, from Latin mola mill, millstone] → see also grist for the mill at grist, the rumor mill at rumor (2), run-of-the-mill noun | verb millmill2 verb 1[intransitive always + adv./prep.] if a lot of people are milling somewhere, they move around a place in different directions without any particular purpose: A crowd of reporters were milling outside his house.mill around/about Shoppers were milling around the parking lot waiting for the mall to open.2[transitive] to produce flour by crushing grain in a mill3[transitive] to press, roll, or shape metal in a machine4[transitive] technical to mark the edge of a coin with regular lines |
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