mill

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mill1 /mɪl/ ●●○ noun [countable]  1. TEMgrain 谷物 a building containing a large machine for crushing grain into flour 磨坊，磨粉厂2  TIFcotton/cloth/steel 棉/布/钢 a factory that produces materials such as cotton, cloth, or steel 〔生产棉纱、布匹、钢铁等的〕工厂，制造厂cotton/steel/paper etc mill an old Victorian cotton mill 一家维多利亚时期的旧纱厂3. coffee/pepper mill DFUa small machine for crushing coffee or pepper 咖啡研磨机/胡椒研磨器 →4  See picture of 见图 mill4  go through the mill PROBLEMto go through a time when you experience a lot of difficulties and problems 历尽艰辛；经受磨炼 He’s really been through the mill recently. 他最近真是饱受磨难。5  put somebody through the mill EXAM/TESTto make someone answer a lot of difficult questions or do a lot of difficult things in order to test them 使某人经历严格的考查 It was a three-day course and they really put us through the mill. 课程为期三天，他们对我们进行了非常严格的考查。6. money 钱 American EnglishPEC a unit of money equal to 1/10 of a cent, used in setting taxes and for other financial purposes 密尔，厘〔等于1/10美分，用于定税或其他金融用途〕7  million 百万 spoken a million 一百万 Are you saying they paid a quarter of a mill for that house? 你是说他们花25万买了那幢房子？ → run-of-the-mill, → (all) grist to the mill at grist

Examples from the Corpus

mill• The movie has earned almost $2 mill in the first weekend.• Writers of the time talked about how factories and mills dehumanized workers.• The former corn mill is owned by Bristol City Museum and is open to the public.• The missions were not merely churches but entire working communities, with farms, blacksmiths, flour mills and residences.• Taylor's map of 1777 shows four mills on its lower section, with a number of others further upstream.• a lumber mill• An entirely new idea for the running of mills and the organising of the mill-workers.• an old mill with a ruined water-wheel• Last week some one had laced the coffee in the mill with arsenic.• They even lost two weeks of wages because the paychecks bounced without warning when the mill suddenly closed in March 1980.cotton/steel/paper etc mill• Then came Mr Jedidiah Strutt, who built a cotton mill on the Derwent and shortly afterwards three more.• Mr Garvey, 57, is known as a hands-on manager with in-depth knowledge of the operations of a steel mill.• The very thought of the government owning a steel mill... well, it was just way too Mitterrand-ish.• It was later converted to a paper mill.• No mention was made of the fact that the New York Times had major interests in four paper mills.• I began to work in steel mills when I was seventeen to support my education.• But new steel mills are starting up, which some analysts expect will boost supply and depress prices over the next year.• Ralph had no interest in business matters, which was evident at the cotton mill this morning.

Related topics: Industry

mill2 verb [transitive]  1  TIto crush grain, pepper etc in a mill 将〔谷物、胡椒等〕碾碎，把…磨细 All our flours are milled using traditional methods. 我们所有的面粉全是用传统方法碾磨的。 Add some freshly milled black pepper. 加一些现磨的黑胡椒粉。2. to press, roll, or shape metal in a machine 〔用机器〕碾[轧，铣]〔金属〕3 mill around/about (something) phrasal verb informal CROWDif a lot of people mill around, they move around a place in different directions without any particular purpose 〔许多人〕无目的地乱转，乱兜圈子 Crowds of students were milling around in the street. 一群群的学生在街上转悠。 There were a lot of people milling around the entrance. 有很多人在入口处晃荡。→ See Verb table

Examples from the Corpus

mill• The carbon in pulp process uses higher grade ore which is crushed, milled and mixed with chemical solutions in large tanks.• The curds of two days' cheesemaking are mixed together before being milled and pressed.• Others were milling around on the grass to no apparent purpose.• Then, I switched to old, soft aluminum, milled from a single block.• In a conference room, there is a thirty-foot table milled from a single piece of green malachite.• Harrison joined a crowd of about 5000 milling outside the radio station.• Leeming was standing in the middle of the third car, surrounded by sheep who milled round his feet.• The guests milled round in confusion.• They milled together and dismounted, the two Myrcans immediately running to the rear to intercept the pursuit.From Longman Business Dictionarymillmill1 /mɪl/ noun [countable]1a building containing a large machine for crushing grain into flour, or the machine itself2MANUFACTURING a factory that produces a material such as cotton, cloth, or steelThe textile mill is full of modern Japanese machinery.Pittsburgh’s steel millsthe growing of conifers for the paper millsmillmill2 verb [transitive]1to produce flour by crushing grain in a mill2MANUFACTURING to press, roll, or shape metal in a machine3to mark the edge of a coin with regular lines —milled adjective [only before a noun]milled corn→ See Verb tableOrigin mill1 1. Old English mylen, from Late Latin molina, from Latin mola “mill, millstone”2. (1700-1800) Latin mille “thousand”3. (1900-2000) million

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machine a Business containing large a Corpus building

Mill
Mill, John Stuart
(1806–73) a British philosopher and economist who influenced modern ideas about politics and economics. He helped to develop the idea of utilitarianism (=the principle that actions are good if they generally bring happiness, and bad if they do not), and in his book On Liberty, he said that people should be free to do what they want so long as they did not harm other people.

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mill¹ /mɪl/ noun [countable]1.  GRAIN a building containing a large machine for crushing grain into flour
2.  COTTON/CLOTH/STEEL a factory that produces materials such as cotton, cloth, or steel
    cotton/steel/paper etc mill
    an old Victorian cotton mill
3. coffee/pepper mill a small machine for crushing coffee or pepper
4. go 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.
5. put 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.
6.  MONEY American English a unit of money equal to 1/10 of a cent, used in setting taxes and for other financial purposes
7.  MILLION 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
     

THESAURUS

   ▪ factory a building or group of buildings in which goods are produced in large quantities, using machines: She works in a chocolate factory. | a clothing factory
   ▪ plant a large factory where cars, chemicals, or energy is produced: Local residents are protesting about the new nuclear power plant. | a car plant | a nuclear power plant
   ▪ facility a factory. Facility is often used instead of factory in business English: The new production facility is one of the most up-to-date in the area.
   ▪ works used in the following compounds to describe a factory that produces a particular thing: a steelworks/ironworks/brickworks/a chemical/cement works/a printing works
   ▪ mill a factory that produces paper, cotton, or cloth: a paper mill | The textile mill has been converted into luxury flats.
   ▪ shipyard a place where ships are built or repaired: The vessel was built in the Kobe shipyard.
   ▪ foundry a factory where metal is made into things using moulds: Mandela’s statue was cast here in a local foundry.
   ▪ sweatshop disapproving a small factory where people work hard in bad conditions for very little money: The company was fined for selling goods produced in sweatshops.

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mill² verb [transitive]
1. to crush grain, pepper etc in a mill:
    All our flours are milled using traditional methods.
    Add some freshly milled black pepper.
2. to press, roll, or shape metal in a machine
     
mill 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.