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Mill Pepper Mɪl Verb Lot Grain Milling Crushing

The word "mill" refers to a building or machine for grinding grain into flour, a factory for processing materials like steel or cotton, or a small device for grinding spices. It can also be used as a verb meaning to grind something.

The word "mill" refers to a building or machine for grinding grain into flour, a factory for processing materials like steel or cotton, or a small device for grinding spices. It can also be used as a verb meaning to grind something.

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/mɪ̱l/
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]磨坊;磨粉厂 A mill is a building in which grain is crushed to make flour.
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    [N-COUNT 可数名词]磨粉机;碾磨器 A mill is a small device used for grinding something such as coffee beans or pepper into powder.
      [supp N]
    • ...a pepper mill.

      胡椒碾磨器

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    [N-COUNT 可数名词](制造加工钢材、羊毛、棉花等的)工厂 A mill is a factory used for making and processing materials such as steel, wool, or cotton.
      [usu supp N]
    • ...a steel mill.

      钢铁厂

    • ...a textile mill.

      纺织厂

    4
    [VERB 动词](用磨粉机)碾碎,磨碎(麦子、胡椒等) To mill something such as wheat or pepper means to grind it in a mill.
      [V n]
      [V-ed]
    • They mill 1,000 tonnes of flour a day in every Australian state.

      澳大利亚各州每天都要磨1,000吨面粉。

    • ...freshly milled black pepper.

      刚刚磨好的黑胡椒粉

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    See also:
    milling
    rolling mill
    run-of-the-mill
    watermill. grist to the mill
    →see:
    grist
      相关词组:
      mill around

      Oxford mill / mɪl ; NAmE mɪl /
      noun
      ,
      verb
      mill mills milled milling
      noun _crushing_kitchenutensils_comp.jpg _peppermill.jpg 1 a building fitted with machinery for grindinggrain into flour 磨坊;面粉厂 see also
      watermill
      ,
      windmill
       (1 )
      2 ( often in compounds 常构成复合词 ) a factory that produces a particular type of material 工厂;制造厂 a cotton/cloth/steel/paper mill 纱╱纺织╱钢╱造纸厂 mill owners/workers 工厂主;工人 synonyms at
      factory
      see also
      rolling mill
      ,
      sawmill
      3 ( often in compounds 常构成复合词 ) a small machine for crushing or grindinga solid substance into powder 磨粉机;磨面机 a pepper mill 胡椒研磨机 see also
      run-of-the-mill
      ,
      treadmill
      IDIOM go through the ˈmill | put sb through the ˈmill to have or make sb have a difficult time (使)陷于困境,经受磨难 more at
      grist
      verb [often passive ] millsth to crush or grindsth in a mill (用磨粉机)碾碎,磨成粉 PHRASAL VERB ˌmill aˈround ( BrE also ˌmill aˈbout ) (especially of a large group of people 尤指一大群人 ) to move around an area without seeming to be going anywhere in particular 闲逛;转悠 Fans were milling around outside the hotel. 追星族在酒店外徘徊。 see also
      milling
      mill / mɪl ; NAmE mɪl /
      LDC
      mill1 noun
      mill2 verb
      millmill1 /mɪl/ ●●○ noun [countable]
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      1grain a building containing a large machine for crushing grain into flour2cotton/cloth/steel a factory that produces materials such as cotton, cloth, or steelcotton/steel/paper etc mill an old Victorian cotton mill3coffee/pepper mill a small machine for crushing coffee or pepper4go through the mill to go through a time when you experience a lot of difficulties and problems:  He’s really been through the mill recently.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 them:  It was a three-day course and they really put us through the mill.6money American English a unit of money equal to 1/10 of a cent, used in setting taxes and for other financial purposes7million spoken a million:  Are you saying they paid a quarter of a mill for that house?
      run-of-the-mill
      , → (all) grist to the mill
      at grist
      mill1 noun
      mill2 verb
      millmill2 verb [transitive]
      Verb Table
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      1to crush grain, pepper etc in a mill:  All our flours are milled using traditional methods. Add some freshly milled black pepper.2to press, roll, or shape metal in a machinemill around/about (something) phrasal verb informal if a lot of people mill around, they move around a place in different directions without any particular purpose:  Crowds of students were milling around in the street. There were a lot of people milling around the entrance.
      WDF

      mill

      [mɪl]milled, milling, mills

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      milling[323] mills[5039]
      磨(56%),工厂(22%),磨坊(16%),磨粉机(5%),碾碎(1%)
      vi.乱转;被碾磨
      n.工厂;磨坊;磨粉机;制造厂;压榨机
      vt.搅拌;碾磨;磨细;使乱转
      n.(Mill)人名;(英、德、俄、瑞典)米尔

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