mill

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 [mɪɫ]    美 [mɪɫ]

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A grinding apparatus for substances such as grains, seeds, etc. (Some are small and simple, and some are large and complex.)
    — Pepper has a stronger flavor when it is ground straight from a mill.
  2. Discarding a card from one's deck. countable,uncountable
    — he’s had some fairly infamous mills in other events. Back in 2017’s Spring Championships, he burned the crucial Archmage Antonidas
  3. A line of three matching pieces in nine men's morris and related games.
  4. Alternative form of mil (“million”). alt-of,alternative,informal
  5. One thousandth part.; One thousandth of a US dollar, or one tenth of a cent.
    — Holonyms: cent < dollar
  6. The building housing such a grinding apparatus; also, any similar building that houses a similarly material activity (such as weaving, fulling, dying, etc.); the place of business comprising such a building and its outbuildings and grounds.
    — My great-grandfather worked in a mill. He filled the flour sacks and then carried and loaded them.
  7. A strategy centered on depleting the opponent's deck. countable,uncountable
    — Kingsane ^([sic – meaning Kingsbane]) Rogue will forever have a negative connotation attached to it because it began as a mill deck, and mill is one of the most tilt-inducing strategies in fantasy card games.
  8. One thousandth part.; One thousandth part in millage rates of property tax.
    — They predict that the rate will probably go up by several mills next year.
  9. A machine used for expelling the juice, sap, etc., from vegetable tissues by pressure, or by pressure in combination with a grinding, or cutting process; any similar apparatus that otherwise processes.
    — a cider mill; a cane mill
  10. One thousandth part.; Alternative form of mil (“one thousandth of an inch”). alt-of,alternative
    — For this task, I prefer the plastic sheeting that is 10 mills thick.
  11. A machine for grinding and polishing.
    — a lapidary mill
  12. One thousandth part.; Clipping of millimeter. abbreviation,alt-of,clipping,informal
    — For this task, I prefer the plastic bars that are 10 mills in diameter.
  13. A milling machine for machining of solid metal, wood, or plastic.
    — Several machinists were busy operating the lathes, mills, and drill presses on the shop floor.
  14. A milling cutter used on such a machine.
    — After the drilling and tapping operations, we come in with a mill and do some contouring.
  15. A manufacturing plant for paper, steel, textiles, flooring, and some other kinds of materials.
    — Once the billet gets through the 56-inch mill, it is ready for reheating.
  16. The building complex housing such a plant; the place of business comprising such buildings and their grounds.
    — My grandfather worked in a mill. He operated machinery, did maintenance, and drove forklifts.
  17. An establishment that handles a certain type of situation or procedure routinely, or produces large quantities of an item without much regard to quality. (The notion of churning out massive amounts indiscriminately underlies the figurative metaphor.) derogatory,figuratively,usually
    — Those shysters selling the purebreds are running quite a mill over there, eh?
  18. An institution or pseudo-institutional business awarding credentials (such as diplomas, degrees, certificates, or certifications) of either dubious value or fraudulent nature; one selling essays or other documents for the buyers (usually students) to fraudulently pass off as their own. derogatory,figuratively
    — Those shysters cranking out the "IT training certificates" are running quite a mill over there, eh?
  19. An engine. informal
    — Under the hood is a mill that you and I can't afford — a nitrous-blown hemi with custom heads.
  20. A boxing match or fistfight. archaic,informal
    — They were betting big on a great mill, but they didn't realize that the fix was in.
  21. A hardened steel roller with a design in relief, used for imprinting a reversed copy of the design in a softer metal, such as copper.
  22. An excavation in rock, transverse to the workings, from which material for filling is obtained.
    — They pulled me off the main crew and had me digging in the mill.
  23. A passage underground through which ore is shot.
    — Near-synonym: country
  24. The raised or ridged edge or surface made in milling anything, such as a coin or screw.
  25. A prison treadmill. historical
    — They kept us in line by threatening to put us on the mill twice as long if we complained.
  26. A military prison, either guardhouse or post prison. US,World-War-I,slang
    — He spent some time in the mill after that escapade.
  27. A delousing station: a cootie mill. World-War-I,slang
  28. A typewriter used to transcribe messages received.
    — In other words, get a mill in your operating position by hook or crook and use it regularly. At the N.C.R. Radio Schools touch typing is taught at the same time code proficiency is advanced.
动词 v.
  1. To grind or otherwise process in a mill or other machine. transitive
    — to mill flour
  2. To move (a card) from a deck to the discard pile. transitive
  3. To shape, polish, dress or finish using a machine. transitive
  4. To destroy (a card) due to having a full hand. transitive
    — what happens when a Quest Rogue uses Vanish and Malygos gets milled?
  5. To engrave one or more grooves or a pattern around the edge of (a cylindrical object such as a coin). transitive
  6. To move about in an aimless fashion. intransitive,usually
    — I didn't have much to do, so I just milled around the town looking at the shops.
  7. To cause to mill, or circle around. transitive
    — to mill cattle
  8. To swim underwater.
  9. To swim suddenly in a new direction.
  10. To beat; to pound. slang,transitive
    — Ortheris said nothing for a while. Then he unslung his belt, heavy with the badges of half a dozen regiments that his own had lain with, and handed it over to Mulvaney. "I'm too little for to mill you, Mulvaney," said he, "an' you've strook me before; but you can take an' cut me in two with this 'ere if you like."
  11. To pass through a fulling mill; to full, as cloth.
  12. To roll (steel, etc.) into bars. transitive
  13. To make (drinking chocolate) frothy, as by churning. transitive
  14. To undergo hulling. intransitive
    — This maize mills well.
  15. To take part in a fistfight; to box. intransitive,slang
  16. To fill (a winze or interior incline) with broken ore, to be drawn out at the bottom. transitive
  17. To commit burglary. UK,obsolete
    — Ben mort, shall you and I heave a bough, mill a ken, or nip a bung, and then we'll couch a hogshead under the ruffmans, and there you shall wap with me, and I'll niggle with you.

词形变化

mills plural miln alternative,obsolete mills present,singular,third-person milling participle,present milled participle,past milled past mills plural mill plural mills plural mills present,singular,third-person milling participle,present milled participle,past milled past Mill alternative mills plural Mill alternative

词汇关系

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词源

词源 1
From Middle English mylne, mille, from Old English mylen, from Proto-West Germanic *mulīnu (“mill”), from Late Latin molīna, molīnum, molīnus (“mill”), from Latin molō (“grind, mill”, verb), closely allied to Proto-Germanic *muljaną (“to crush, grind”) (see English millstone). Perhaps cognate with Milne (a surname). Doublet of moline, moulin, and blin.
词源 2
Ultimately from Latin millesimum. The clipping comes by way of the clipped word, millimetre.
词源 3
Clipping of million.
词源 4
Back-formation from millstone, name of a Magic: The Gathering card with this effect (first printed 1994).
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