mill
/mɪl/ (bre, ipa) · [mˈɪl] /mɪl/ (ame, ipa) · [mˈɪl] /ˈmil/ (ame, mw)
mill — 名詞
- millsingular
- millsplural
1. a place with machinery that grinds grain to make flour.
磨坊
把穀物磨成麵粉的建築
a place with machinery that grinds grain to make flour.
A stone mill stood beside the river behind the village church.
村莊教堂後方的河邊立著一座石造磨坊。
common setting: old mill by a river
Every autumn, farmers brought sacks of wheat to the old mill.
每到秋天，農民都把一袋袋小麥送到那座老磨坊。
The guide showed us how water turned the wheel of the mill.
導遊向我們示範水是怎麼帶動磨坊的輪子。
Smoke rose from the mill before sunrise on market day.
市集日天還沒亮，磨坊就已經冒出煙來。
用法筆記
Usually refers to the building or business where grain is ground. Distinguish from sense 2, which names a much smaller tool.
2. a small device that grinds a solid material until it becomes powder.
研磨機
把固體磨成粉的小型機器
a small device that grinds a solid material until it becomes powder.
Sana filled the pepper mill before setting the table for dinner.
Sana 在擺晚餐餐桌前先把胡椒研磨機裝滿。
common collocation: pepper mill
A hand mill sat on the shelf beside the jars of coffee.
咖啡罐旁的架子上放著一台手動研磨機。
The nurse used a small mill to crush the tablets.
護理師用一台小研磨機把藥錠磨碎。
Please wipe the spice mill after you grind the sesame seeds.
請在磨完芝麻後把香料研磨機擦乾淨。
用法筆記
Often names kitchen tools such as a pepper mill or coffee mill. Distinguish from sense 1, which is a larger place rather than a handheld or tabletop machine.
3. a factory that makes one type of material or product in large amounts.
工廠；製造廠
大量生產某種材料的工廠
a factory that makes one type of material or product in large amounts.
Diego's aunt found work at the paper mill outside Kaohsiung.
Diego 的阿姨在高雄外圍的一家造紙工廠找到工作。
material name + mill
Trucks lined up at the sugar mill before the harvest festival.
收成節前，卡車在那家製糖工廠外排起長隊。
The old steel mill closed after the town lost its last contract.
那座老鋼鐵工廠在小鎮失去最後一份合約後關門了。
A new textile mill opened near the port this spring.
今年春天，港口附近新開了一家紡織工廠。
用法筆記
Common in compounds naming the material produced there, such as paper mill or steel mill. Distinguish from sense 1: this sense is about industrial production, not chiefly grinding grain.
mill — 動詞
- millpresent simple I / you / we / they
- mills3rd person singular
- milling-ing form
- milledpast simple
1. to put grain or another material through a mill so it is ground into flour or po
碾磨；磨粉
用磨坊把穀物等磨成粉
to put grain or another material through a mill so it is ground into flour or powder.
At dawn, Diego milled the dried corn behind his grandmother's house.
天剛亮時，Diego 就在祖母家後面碾磨曬乾的玉米。
transitive: mill + grain/material
The wheat was milled locally before the bakery opened each morning.
那批小麥每天早上都會在當地磨粉後才送進麵包店。
frequently passive: be milled
Femi milled roasted beans into a fine paste for the sauce.
Femi 把烘過的豆子碾磨成細膩的醬泥。
Brown rice mills more easily after several hours of drying.
糙米在乾燥幾個小時後會更容易磨粉。
文法句型
mill + grain/material
be milled
[material] + mills + adverb
用法筆記
Often appears in food or farming contexts, and it can be active, passive, or intransitive. Distinguish from sense 3: this sense is about grinding material, not people moving around.
2. to shape metal with a machine, often by cutting lines or patterns into it.
銑削；滾花
用機器切削或壓出金屬紋路
to shape metal with a machine, often by cutting lines or patterns into it.
The factory milled tiny lines around each new coin.
工廠在每一枚新硬幣周圍都銑削出細小紋線。
coin-making use: mill lines around an edge
A rotary cutter milled the brass plate into a smooth curve.
旋轉刀具把那塊黃銅板銑削成平順的弧形。
Workers milled grooves into the handle so wet hands would not slip.
工人把握把滾花，好讓濕手也不容易滑掉。
Before the medal was polished, its edge was milled by machine.
那面獎牌在拋光前，邊緣先由機器滾花。
文法句型
mill + metal object
mill grooves into + object
milled edge
用法筆記
Usually takes a metal object as its object, especially coins, plates, edges, or handles. This is a technical manufacturing use, not the crowd-movement sense in sense 3.
3. to stand or walk around with other people in a loose, restless group.
亂轉；閒逛
人群雜亂地來回走動
to stand or walk around with other people in a loose, restless group.
Tourists milled around the station after the last train was cancelled.
末班車取消後，遊客在車站外亂轉，不知道該去哪裡。
common pattern: mill around + place
Parents milled about outside the gym before the school doors opened.
校門打開前，家長們都在體育館外閒逛等候。
variant pattern: mill about
Fans milled around the gate, hoping for one last photo.
粉絲們在大門附近亂轉，希望再拍到最後一張照片。
Shoppers milled in the square while the rain slowly stopped.
雨慢慢停下來時，逛街的人還在廣場上閒逛。
文法句型
mill around
mill about
mill in + place
用法筆記
Usually has a plural human subject and often appears with around or about. Distinguish from sense 1: nothing is being ground here.