名詞 mill:

1. a plant consisting of one or more buildings with facilities for manufacturing
   同義詞：factory, manufacturing plant, manufactory
2. Scottish philosopher who expounded Bentham's utilitarianism; father of John Stuart Mill (1773-1836)
   同義詞：James Mill
3. English philosopher and economist remembered for his interpretations of empiricism and utilitarianism (1806-1873)
   同義詞：John Mill, John Stuart Mill
4. machinery that processes materials by grinding or crushing
   同義詞：grinder, milling machinery
5. the act of grinding to a powder or dust
   同義詞：grind, pulverization, pulverisation

動(dòng)詞 mill:

1. move about in a confused manner
   同義詞：mill about, mill around
2. grind with a mill
3. produce a ridge around the edge of
4. roll out (metal) with a rolling machine

1. The logs are drifted downstream to the mill.
   那些原木沿河順?biāo)焦S。
2. I never refuse odd jobs to supplement my income it's all grist to the mill.
   我為增加收入，對(duì)於做零活總是來(lái)者不拒--多多益善。
3. He sends his crop to a large mill instead of grinding it himself.
   他把收獲的莊稼送到大磨坊去，而不是自己碾磨。
4. He used a miller to mill the grain into flour.
   他用碾磨機(jī)把谷物磨成面粉。

mill

n.（名詞）

A building equipped with machinery for grinding grain into flour or meal.
磨坊；磨粉廠：裝有將谷物磨成面粉或粗磨粉的機(jī)器的廠房
A device or mechanism that grinds grain.
磨臼，磨粉機(jī)：磨谷物的裝置或機(jī)械
A machine or device that reduces a solid or coarse substance into pulp or minute grains by crushing, grinding, or pressing:
研磨機(jī)：通過(guò)壓碎、碾磨或擠壓將固體或粗糙的物質(zhì)磨成漿狀物或小粒的機(jī)器或裝置：
例句：
a pepper mill.
胡椒研磨機(jī)

A machine that releases the juice of fruits and vegetables by pressing or grinding:
榨汁機(jī)：通過(guò)擠壓或碾磨榨出水果或蔬菜汁液的機(jī)器：
例句：
a cider mill.
蘋果榨汁機(jī)

A machine, such as one for stamping coins, that produces something by the repetition of a simple process.
磨機(jī)，貨幣軋齒邊機(jī)：通過(guò)重復(fù)簡(jiǎn)單的過(guò)程制造物品的機(jī)器，如壓印錢幣的機(jī)器
A steel roller bearing a raised design, used for making a die or a printing plate by pressure.
軋模機(jī)：上有隆起的鋼制滾筒，用來(lái)壓制印?；蛴“?/br>Any of various machines for shaping, cutting, polishing, or dressing metal surfaces.
軋鋼機(jī)：用來(lái)塑造、切割、打磨或修整鋼材表面的機(jī)器

A building or group of buildings equipped with machinery for processing raw materials into finished or industrial products:
制造廠：一個(gè)廠房或一組廠房，裝有將原材料制成成品或工業(yè)制成品的機(jī)器：
例句：
a textile mill; a steel mill.
紡織廠；鋼鐵廠

A building or collection of buildings that has machinery for manufacture; a factory.
工廠：一個(gè)廠房或一組廠房，裝有用來(lái)制造的機(jī)器；工廠
A process, an agency, or an institution that operates in a routine way or turns out products in the manner of a factory:
制造處，大規(guī)模出產(chǎn)品的部門：以例行公事的方式運(yùn)作或如工廠般制造產(chǎn)品的機(jī)構(gòu)或辦事部門：
例句：
The college was nothing more than a diploma mill.
這個(gè)學(xué)院只不過(guò)是個(gè)文憑制造廠

A slow or laborious process:
緩慢或費(fèi)力的過(guò)程：
例句：
It took three years to get the bill through the legislative mill.
此項(xiàng)法案經(jīng)過(guò)了三年冗長(zhǎng)的立法過(guò)程

v.（動(dòng)詞）
milled,mill.ing,mills
v.tr.（及物動(dòng)詞）
To grind, pulverize, or break down into smaller particles in a mill.
研磨，粉碎：用磨臼研磨或碾制成細(xì)小的顆粒
To transform or process mechanically in a mill.
磨出，以機(jī)械加工：通過(guò)研磨機(jī)而整形或制造
To shape, polish, dress, or finish in a mill or with a milling tool.
用制材模具做成形：用研磨機(jī)或通過(guò)研磨工具成形、打磨、修整或制成

To produce a ridge around the edge of (a coin).
軋邊，印邊：在（錢幣）邊上印制一圈凸起的邊
To groove or flute the rim of (a coin or other metal object).
印出溝槽：在（錢幣或其他金屬制品）的邊上印出溝槽的
To agitate or stir until foamy.
攪拌：將…攪動(dòng)成或打成泡沫
Western U.S. To halt (a cattle stampede) by turning the lead animals in a wide arc so that they form the center of a gradually tightening spiral.
【美國(guó)西部】 使畜群繞圈子轉(zhuǎn)：通過(guò)讓領(lǐng)頭牲畜繞圈子以形成逐漸收緊的螺旋形中心而制止（牛群的驚跑）
v.intr.（不及物動(dòng)詞）
To move around in churning confusion:
驚跑，亂闖：在旋渦般的混亂中到處移動(dòng)：
例句：
.A crowd of school children milled about on the curb looking scared.(Anne Tyler)
.一群小學(xué)生在路邊四處奔跑，看上去象受了驚嚇.(安妮·泰勒)

Slang To fight with the fists; box.
【俚語(yǔ)】 以拳擊：用拳頭擊打；痛打
To undergo milling.
經(jīng)研磨，推磨

來(lái)源：
Middle English milne, mille
中古英語(yǔ) milne, mille
from Old English mylen
源自 古英語(yǔ) mylen
from Late Latin molona, molonum [from feminine and neuter of] molonus [of a mill]
源自 后期拉丁語(yǔ) molona, molonum [] 源自molonus的陰性詞和中性詞 [磨坊的]
from Latin mola [millstone]
源自 拉丁語(yǔ) mola [磨石]
from molere [to grind] * see mel…-
源自 molere [研磨] *參見(jiàn) mel…-

<注釋>Tomill, in Western U.S. English, means .to halt a cattle stampede by turning the lead animals..In theOxford English Dictionary we find this 9th-century example of the verb: .At last the cattle ran with less energy, and it was presently easy to ‘mill’ them into a circle and to turn them where it seemed most desirable. (Munsey`s Magazine).This usage ofmill comes from the resemblance of the cattle`s circular motion to the action of millstones. A related intransitive sense of the verb is better known in Standard English: A crowd milled around in the street. Originally this sense ofmill also meant .circular motion.; now it means .to move around in churning confusion.with no pattern in particular.
Mill 這個(gè)詞在美國(guó)西部所說(shuō)的英語(yǔ)中， 意為.通過(guò)讓領(lǐng)頭牲畜繞圈子跑來(lái)制止牛群的驚跑.。在牛津英語(yǔ)詞典 中， 我們可以找到該動(dòng)詞9世紀(jì)用法的例子： .最后牛群終于跑得快沒(méi)勁兒了，這時(shí)候可以容易地驅(qū)趕頭牛，把其它牛繞進(jìn)圈子里，然后把它們趕到最合適的地方去. （芒西雜志）。Mill 的這種用法來(lái)自牛群繞圈跑與磨石運(yùn)作的相似之處。 該詞作不及物動(dòng)詞時(shí)所具有的與此相關(guān)的意義在標(biāo)準(zhǔn)英語(yǔ)中更為常見(jiàn)： 一群人在大街上兜圈子。 Mill 的這一含義本來(lái)亦指.旋轉(zhuǎn)運(yùn)動(dòng).； 現(xiàn)在它指.在旋渦般的混亂中到處移動(dòng).，不再有其它特指
<注釋>Industrial mill towns are a far cry from the small water mill grinding grain near an Anglo-Saxon settlement,but the same wordmill is used in both contexts, showing how the meaning of a word can be generalized.The Old English wordmylen, .water mill for grinding grain,. is itself adopted from Late Latinmolona or molonum, .mill,. just as the Germanic peoples, such as the Anglo-Saxons, adopted the water mill from the Romans.In Middle Englishmilne, the descendant of the Old English word, was generalized to refer to a windmill, any power-driven mill for grinding grain, and a fulling mill.But it was left for the postmedieval,increasingly industrialized world really to generalize the meaning ofmill, applying it to machines such as pepper mills and cider millsand buildings such as textile mills and steel mills.Mill town is first recorded in 847.
工業(yè)化的制造區(qū)與原來(lái)盎格魯-撒克遜人居住地附近那種靠水力推動(dòng)來(lái)磨谷物的小型磨臼大不相同，但mill 這個(gè)詞對(duì)這兩種情況都適用， 這可以體現(xiàn)出某一詞匯的意思是可以有概括性的。古英語(yǔ)中mylen 一詞有.磨谷物的水磨.的意思， 這個(gè)詞由后期拉丁語(yǔ)中的molina 或 molinum 而來(lái)，意為.磨臼.， 正如日爾曼民族中的盎格魯-撒克遜人從羅馬人那里引進(jìn)了水磨。中古英語(yǔ)中milne 一詞由古英語(yǔ)詞而來(lái)， 它的詞義已擴(kuò)大，可指風(fēng)車、任何靠動(dòng)力驅(qū)動(dòng)來(lái)磨谷物的磨以及縮洗機(jī)。不過(guò)在中世紀(jì)晚期，不斷發(fā)展的工業(yè)化世界真正使mill 這個(gè)詞在意義上有所擴(kuò)大， 它可以指胡椒研磨機(jī)或蘋果榨汁機(jī)等機(jī)器，也可以指紡織廠或鋼鐵廠等工廠。Mill town 這個(gè)詞最早見(jiàn)載于847年

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n.Abbr. mi.,M.（名詞）縮寫 mi.,M.
A monetary unit equal to !/000 of a U.S. dollar or !/0 of a cent.
密爾：一種貨幣單位，等于!/000美元或!/0美分

來(lái)源：
Short for Latin mollôsimus [thousandth] * see mil
拉丁語(yǔ) mollôsimus的簡(jiǎn)寫 [千分之一] *參見(jiàn) mil