mill
US: /ˈmɪɫ/
UK: /mˈɪl/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
mill /mil/- danh từ
- (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ) min (bằng 1 qoành 000 đô la)
- (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ) min (bằng 1 qoành 000 đô la)
- danh từ
- cối xay, máy xay, nhà máy xay; máy nghiền, máy cán
- xưởng, nhà máy
- (từ lóng) cuộc đấu quyền Anh
- (nghĩa bóng) sự thử thách gay go, nỗi cực khổ; sự tập luyện gian khổ; công việc cực nhọc
- to go through the mill: chịu đựng những gian khổ; qua những thử thách gay go
- to put someone through the mill: bắt ai chịu những thử thách gay go, bắt ai chịu những nỗi cực khổ; bắt ai tập luyện gian khổ
- ngoại động từ
- xay, nghiền, cán; xay bằng cối xay, xay bằng máy xay; nghiền bằng máy nghiền
- to mill flour: xay bột
- to mill steel: cán thép
- đánh sủi bọt
- to mill chocolate: đánh sôcôla cho sủi bọt lên
- (từ lóng) đánh, đấm, thụi, giâ, tẩn; đánh gục, đánh bại
- khắc cạnh, khía răng cưa; làm gờ
- to mill a coin: khía răng cưa vào gờ đồng tiền; làm gờ cho đồng tiền
- xay, nghiền, cán; xay bằng cối xay, xay bằng máy xay; nghiền bằng máy nghiền
- nội động từ
- đi quanh (súc vật, đám đông)
- (từ lóng) đánh đấm nhau
Advanced English dictionary
noun, verb+ noun
1 a building fitted with machinery for GRINDING grain into flour
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2 (often in compounds) a factory that produces a particular type of material: a cotton / cloth / steel / paper mill + mill owners / workers
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3 (often in compounds) a small machine for crushing or GRINDING a solid substance into powder: a pepper mill
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Idioms: go through the mill
put sb through the mill to have or make sb have a difficult time: They really put me through the mill in my interview.
more at GRIST
+ verb [VN] [often passive] to crush or GRIND sth in a mill
Phrasal Verbs: mill around (BrE also mill about) (especially of a large group of people) to move around an area without seeming to be going anywhere in particular: Hundreds of fans were milling around outside the hotel.
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Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 grinder, quern, crusher, roller:
In many parts of the world, corn is still ground by hand in a stone mill
2 plant, factory, works, workshop, shop, foundry:
This mill turns out rolled steel.
3 been through the mill. experienced, knowledgeable, sophisticated, toughened, hardened, seasoned, battle-scarred, Colloq been through the wringer, in the know:
He's been through the mill and knows what to expect.
4 run-of-the-mill. average, unexceptional, ordinary, common, unremarkable, everyday, basic, simple, Brit common-or-garden variety, US garden-variety:
Critics found her voice pleasant but rather run-of-the-mill.
v.
5 grind, crush, comminute, powder, pulverize, grate, granulate, pound, triturate, masticate, bray; crunch, mince:
Flour milled to a very fine consistency is more suitable for pastries than for breads
6 mill about or around. meander, wander, walk, stroll, amble, move about or around, crowd, throng, swarm:
There were quite a few people milling about our stand at the trade fair.
Collocation
1 for making flour
ADJ.
corn, flour | water
(also
watermill)
VERB + MILL
operate, work | convert, restore
living in a converted watermill
| drive, power
The river was harnessed to drive many mills.
MILL + VERB
grind sth, work sth
The mill can be seen grinding corn.
MILL + NOUN
house | wheel
2 factory
ADJ.
cotton, paper, steel, textile, woollen
VERB + MILL
operate, own, run | work in
MILL + VERB
manufacture sth, produce sth
MILL + NOUN
town
a northern mill town
| buildings
Concise dictionary
mills|milled|millingmɪlnoun
+a plant consisting of one or more buildings with facilities for manufacturing
+Scottish philosopher who expounded Bentham's utilitarianism; father of John Stuart Mill (1773-1836)
+English philosopher and economist remembered for his interpretations of empiricism and utilitarianism (1806-1873)
+machinery that processes materials by grinding or crushing
+the act of grinding to a powder or dust
verb
+move about in a confused manner
+grind with a mill
+produce a ridge around the edge of
+roll out (metal) with a rolling machine
