| 释义 |
milled
mill 1 M0290900 (mĭl)n.1. a. A building equipped with machinery for grinding grain into flour or meal.b. A device or mechanism that grinds grain.2. a. A building or farm equipped with machinery that presses or grinds fruit to extract the juice: a cider mill.b. A device or machine used to extract juice from fruit.3. A machine or device that reduces a solid or coarse substance into pulp or minute grains by crushing, grinding, or pressing: a pepper mill.4. A building or group of buildings equipped with machinery for processing raw materials into finished or industrial products: a textile mill; a steel mill.5. a. A machine, such as one for stamping coins, that produces something by the repetition of a simple process.b. A steel roller bearing a raised design, used for making a die or a printing plate by pressure.c. Any of various machines for shaping, cutting, polishing, or dressing metal surfaces.6. a. A process, agency, or institution that operates in a mechanical way or turns out products in the manner of a factory: The college was nothing more than a diploma mill.b. A business that breeds and sells animals, such as purebred puppies, often in substandard conditions. Often used in combination: a puppy mill.7. A difficult or laborious series of experiences: went through the mill trying to get approval to build an addition onto the house.v. milled, mill·ing, mills v.tr.1. To grind, pulverize, or break down into smaller particles in a mill: mill grain.2. To produce or process mechanically in a mill: mill steel.3. To cut, shape, or finish in a mill or with a milling tool: logs that are milled for lumber.4. a. To produce a ridge around the edge of (a coin).b. To groove or flute the rim of (a coin or other metal object).5. Western US To cause (cattle) to move in a circle or tightening spiral in order to stop a stampede.v.intr.1. To move around in churning confusion: "A crowd of school children milled about on the curb looking scared" (Anne Tyler).2. Slang To fight with the fists; box.3. To undergo milling: grain that mills well.
[Middle English milne, mille, from Old English mylen, from Late Latin molīna, molīnum, from feminine and neuter of molīnus, of a mill, from Latin mola, millstone, from molere, to grind; see melə- in Indo-European roots.]
mill 2 M0290900 (mĭl)n. Abbr. M. or mi. A unit of currency equal to 1/1000 of a US dollar or 1/10 of a cent.
[Short for Latin mīllēsimus, thousandth; see mil1.]milled (mɪld) adj1. (of coins, etc) having a grooved or fluted edge2. made or treated in a millmilled (mɪld)
v. 1. pt. and pp. of mill 1 . adj. 2. ground or hulled in a mill: milled wheat. 3. (of a coin) struck by a mill or press and usu. finished with transverse ribs or grooves. 4. pressed flat by rolling: milled board. 5. Obs. (of metal) mechanically polished. [1620–30] Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. |  milled - (of grains especially rice) having the husk or outer layers removed; "polished rice"polishedprocessed - prepared or converted from a natural state by subjecting to a special process; "processed ores" |
Translationsmilled
milled mod. alcohol intoxicated. (see also cut.) She was cut up with all that booze—milled, I guess. See also: millEncyclopediaSeemillLegalSeeMillmilled
Related to milled: milled soap, milled aroundSynonyms for milledadj (of grains especially rice) having the husk or outer layers removedSynonymsRelated Words |