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/ˈmɪlər/ · /ˈmɪlə/
Someone who owns or works in a mill, the place where grain is crushed into flour.
磨坊主人
複數 millers
核心畫面
Picture the person standing beside the great turning stones where grain is crushed into flour — the village brought its wheat to him and took bread-making flour away. A miller is that person, whether he owns the mill or works in it.
可以想成:磨坊裡那個站在大磨石旁邊的人——村子把麥子送來,帶著能做麵包的麵粉離開。miller 就是這個人,不論他是…更多收起
可以想成:磨坊裡那個站在大磨石旁邊的人——村子把麥子送來,帶著能做麵包的麵粉離開。miller 就是這個人,不論他是磨坊的主人還是在裡面工作的人。這個字在現代日常英文裡不常用了,但它留在很多姓氏和童話故事裡,讀舊小說時經常遇到。原始詞典資料22 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
Millername/ˈmɪlɚ/
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An English and Scottish surname originating as an occupation for a miller.
- Ewan McGregor is back as the lead character, Renton, perhaps best remembered for his visit in the first film to the “Worst Toilet in Scotland.” Robert Carlyle appears as Begbie, who starts brawls with almost anyone who crosses his path; Ewen Bremner returns as the dimwitted Spud, who, in the first movie, has a memorable job interview while high on speed; and Jonny Lee Miller is back as Sick Boy, now known as Simon.
- By 2025, of course, Trump and Miller were back in the White House, pursuing a campaign promise to “remigrate” millions of everyday people out of America.
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A male given name transferred from the surname.
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A neighbourhood in north-east Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
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A suburb in the City of Liverpool, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
millernoun/ˈmɪləː/
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A person who owns or operates a mill, especially a flourmill.
- Constable's father, a wealthy miller, operated the mill at Flatford, which still stands 1 mile south of the village.
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datedA milling machine.
- Besides the usual run of machines, planers, millers, automatics, centre lathes, cranes, etc., there were several power stations, the rolling mills for strip material and for 60 ft. rails, and all the steel furnaces with their complicated systems of flues. If variety is the spice of life, then there was plenty here.
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Any of several moths that have powdery wings, especially Acronicta leporina and moths of the genus Agrotis.
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A floury-smelling mushroom, Clitopilus prunulus.
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archaicslanggovernmentmilitarynavalA rat.
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informalA moth.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。