| 单词 | mill |
| 释义 | mill (once / 478 pages) 1nv 2v A mill is a factory or plant, especially one that's equipped for grinding grain into flour. The facility is a mill, and the machine that does the actual grinding is also called a mill. When a mill crushes and grinds grain like wheat or corn, you can say it mills flour. Other kinds of mills might mill powder or coffee — and still other mills don't actually grind anything; instead, they manufacture things like steel or paper. If someone "mills around," they wander or move about in a confused way: "The crowd mills around during the concert's intermission." This sense of mill was originally used to describe cattle. WORD FAMILYmill: milled, miller, milling+/miller: millers/milling: millings USAGE EXAMPLESAnd sediment from Mad River was milled into the bar countertop. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) The new owners plan to sell off certain mill assets and re-market the property for industrial use. Washington Times(Dec 30, 2016) The most visible enterprise is the paper mill, in continuous operation since the late 19th century. Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) 1 1n a plant consisting of one or more buildings with facilities for manufacturing Syn|Hypo|Hyper factory, manufactory, manufacturing plant assembly plant a factory where manufactured parts are assembled into a finished product auto factory, automobile factory, car factorya factory where automobiles are manufactured cannerya factory where food is canned chemical plantan industrial plant where chemicals are produced foundry, metalworksfactory where metal castings are produced lumbermill, sawmilla mill for dressing logs and lumber paper milla mill where paper is manufactured stamp mill, stamping milla mill in which ore is crushed with stamps steel factory, steel mill, steel plant, steelworksa factory where steel is made sweatshopfactory where workers do piecework for poor pay and are prevented from forming unions; common in the clothing industry textile milla factory for making textiles armory, armoury, arsenala place where arms are manufactured battery, stamp batterya series of stamps operated in one mortar for crushing ores bell foundrya foundry where bells are cast cotton milla textile mill for making cotton textiles iron foundrya foundry where cast iron is produced maquiladoraan assembly plant in Mexico (near the United States border); parts are shipped into Mexico and the finished product is shipped back across the border quartz battery, quartz milla stamp mill for stamping quartz rolling millsteel mill where metal is rolled into sheets and bars industrial plant, plant, works buildings for carrying on industrial labor 2n machinery that processes materials by grinding or crushing Syn|Hypo|Hyper grinder, milling machinery cider mill mill that extracts juice from apples to make apple cider coffee grinder, coffee milla mill that grinds roasted coffee beans flour milla mill for grinding grain into flour gristmilla mill for grinding grain (especially the customer's own grain) meat grindera mill for grinding meat pepper grinder, pepper milla mill for grinding pepper querna primitive stone mill for grinding corn by hand spicemilla mill for grinding spices tread-wheel, treadmill, treadwheela mill that is powered by men or animals walking on a circular belt or climbing steps water milla mill powered by a water wheel windmilla mill that is powered by the wind machinery machines or machine systems collectively 3n the act of grinding to a powder or dust Syn|Hyper grind, pulverisation, pulverization compaction, crunch, crush the act of crushing 4v grind with a mill mill grain Hyper bray, comminute, crunch, grind, mash reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading 5v roll out (metal) with a rolling machine Hyper roll, roll out flatten or spread with a roller 6v produce a ridge around the edge of 2mill a coin Hyper groove make a groove in, or provide with a groove v move about in a confused manner Syn|Hyper mill about, mill around move move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion Mill (once / 1728 pages) 1n 2n WORD FAMILY Mill USAGE EXAMPLESA Wallingford police spokeswoman tells the Record Journal that officers responded to reports of shots fired outside the Oakdale Theatre after rapper Meek Mill performed. Los Angeles Times(Dec 31, 2016) After tip-off, Old Mill’s size advantage led to a substantial rebounding edge and a second-half lead. Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) SEE IT At Paper Mill Playhouse through Sunday, then on tour in the United States and other countries. New York Times(Dec 27, 2016) 1 n English philosopher and economist remembered for his interpretations of empiricism and utilitarianism (1806-1873) 2Syn|Exp John Mill, John Stuart Mill economic expert, economist an expert in the science of economics philosophera specialist in philosophy n Scottish philosopher who expounded Bentham's utilitarianism; father of John Stuart Mill (1773-1836) Syn|Exp James Mill philosopher a specialist in philosophy |
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