Molename/məʊl/

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  A river in Surrey, England, tributary to the Thames.

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  A river in Devon, England, tributary to the Taw.

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  A surname.

molenoun詞源 1/məʊl/

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  A naevus, a pigmented, slightly raised, and sometimes hairy spot on the skin.

molenoun詞源 2/məʊl/

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  Any of several small, burrowing, insectivorous mammals of the family Talpidae.

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  Any of the burrowing rodents also called mole-rats.

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  espionagegovernmentmilitaryAn internal spy; a person who involves themself with an enemy organisation, especially an intelligence or governmental organisation, to determine and betray its secrets from within.

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  A kind of self-propelled excavator used to form underground drains, or to clear underground pipelines.

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  A type of underground drain used in farm fields, in which a mole plow creates an unlined channel through clay subsoil.

moleverb詞源 2/məʊl/

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  To create a network of channels in (waterlogged soil) to improve drainage.

molenoun詞源 3/məʉl/

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  derogatoryslangA moll, a bitch, a slut.

molenoun詞源 4/məʊl/

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  nauticaltransportA massive structure, usually of stone, used as a pier, breakwater or junction between places separated by water.

  • [Alexander the Great] then conceived the stupendous idea of constructing a mole, which should at once connect [Tyre] with the main land; and this was actually accomplished by driving piles and pouring in incalculable quantities of soil and fragments of rock; and it is generally believed, partly on the authority of ancient authors, that the whole ruins of Old Tyre were absorbed in this vast enterprize, and buried in the depths of the sea [...]
  • Its extreme downtown is the battery, where that noble mole is washed by waves, and cooled by breezes, which a few hours previous were out of sight of land.
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  rareA haven or harbour, protected with such a breakwater.

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  historicalAn Ancient Roman mausoleum.

molenoun詞源 5/məʊl/

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  chemistrynatural-sciencesphysical-sciencesIn the International System of Units, the base unit of amount of substance; the amount of substance of a system which contains exactly 6.02214076×10²³ elementary entities (atoms, ions, molecules, etc.). Symbol: mol. The number of atoms is known as Avogadro’s number.

molenoun詞源 6/məʊl/

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  A hemorrhagic mass of tissue in the uterus caused by a dead ovum.

molenoun詞源 7/ˈmoʊleɪ/

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  Any of several spicy sauces typical of the cuisine of Mexico and neighboring Central America countries, especially one that contains chocolate and is used in cooking main dishes, not desserts.