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单词 molder
释义 mold·er
I. noun
or mould·er \ˈmōldə(r)\
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English molder, from molden to mold + -er (n. suffix) — more at mold (knead)
1. : a kneader of bread dough
2.
 a. : a worker that makes molds or produces molded articles: as
  (1) : a maker of foundry molds
  (2) : brickmaker 2
  (3) : an operator of a machine with abrasive wheels for cutting decorative designs on stone and concrete products
 b. : molding machine
 c.
  (1) : mold III 3a
  (2) or molder plate : caster 1b
 d. : a firm that makes a business of molding
  < the sale of … plastic material to commerical molders — Milo Perkins >
3. : one that exerts a determining influence on an attitude or course of development
 < molder of public opinion >
 < molder of talent >
 < molders of western monasticism — Helen Sullivan >
II. verb
or moulder \“\
(moldered or mouldered ; moldered or mouldered ; moldering or mouldering \-d(ə)riŋ\ ; molders or moulders)
Etymology: freq. of mold (VI), mould
intransitive verb
1.
 a. : to crumble away : disintegrate, decay
  < the leaves … moldered and went back to the earth — Margaret Kennedy >
  < body lies a-moldering in the grave — John Brown's Body >
  < left the final habitations to molder into dust — W.E.Swinton >
 b. : to deteriorate for lack of exercise
  < long periods of solitary confinement caused his mental faculties to molder >
  < air crews moldered in the barracks >
2. archaic : to decrease in size : dwindle
 < the Christian army … was moldering away with disease — John Lingard >
transitive verb
1. : to cause to disintegrate
 < time's … gradual touch has moldered into beauty many a tower — William Mason >
2. : to fritter away : waste
 < they have moldered away their time in inactivity — M.G.J.de Crèvecoeur >
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