mill
noun [ C ] uk/mɪl/ us/mɪl/
磨坊，碾磨厂，磨粉厂
a building where grain is crushed into flour
碾磨机，磨粉机
a small machine for crushing things into powder
a pepper/coffee mill 胡椒／咖啡研磨机
制造厂，工厂
a factory where a particular substance is produced
a cotton/paper/steel mill 棉纺／造纸／炼钢厂
- More examples
- When the large cog wheel engages (with the smaller one), the mill stone will start to go round.
- A 200,000-acre forest site will be replanted with softwoods to supply the paper and pulp mill.
- Working conditions/practices in the mill have hardly changed over the last 20 years.
Idioms
have been through the millidiom informal 经历了许多问题（或困难）
to have had a lot of problems or difficulties
Many people who have been divorced have been through the mill psychologically. 许多离婚的人都经历了大量的心理折磨。
put someone through the millidiom informal 使（某人）饱受折磨;（尤指用大量问题）为难（某人）
to cause someone to have a difficult and unpleasant experience, especially by asking them a lot of difficult questions
I had the interview this morning - they really put me through the mill. 我今早去面试了——他们真让我受了番折磨。
mill
verb [ T ] uk/mɪl/ us/mɪl/
磨；碾碎
to crush grain into flour or another substance into powder
The grain is still milled locally. 谷物仍在当地碾磨。
engineering specialized铣（金属）
to cut or shape metal, especially coins, using a special machine
Phrasal verb
mill around （一群人）无目的地乱转，闲荡
If a group of people mill around, they move around with no particular purpose or in no particular direction, sometimes while waiting for someone.
In the square, people were milling around in the sunshine. 在广场上，人们在阳光下徜徉。