读音

/mɪl/

释义

• 名词:

  • 1. 磨坊，尤指水磨或面粉厂。例如: “The old mill by the river has been converted into a restaurant.”
  • 2. 千（公制单位，常用于表示距离或数量）。例如: “It’s about two miles (3.2 kilometers) from my house to the mill.”

• 动词:

  • 磨碎，碾磨。例如: “The miller milled the wheat into flour.”

短语

• “to grind at the mill” 意味着做繁重的工作。
• “the mill of justice” 常用来比喻法律或司法程序的缓慢进程。

例句

• 名词: “The watermill in the countryside is a historic landmark.”
• 动词: “They mill grains into different types of flours for baking.”

同义词

• 磨坊：factory, workshop, processing plant
• 磨碎：crush, grind, powder, reduce to dust

请注意，"mill“作为名词时有磨坊和千这两个意思，作为动词时则表示磨碎。同义词根据具体上下文可能有所不同。