這個拼法是2個不同的字· 2 words spelled “mull”
- 1mull · think something over反覆琢磨One way to hold the verb: something is left in the pot on a low heat.
- 2
mull · think something over
vOne way to hold the verb: something is left in the pot on a low heat. Nothing is rushed, nothing is forced, and the change happens because time is allowed to do the work. In the head, that is a question you keep turning over until the answer settles. In the kitchen, it is a drink kept warm with until the flavour comes out. Both are slow, both are patient, and in both the point is what you get at the end of the waiting.
From the word’s history
The source traces the verb to Middle English molle/mulle ('dust, rubbish'), possibly from Old English myl, and says it is related to English mill, 'to grind'. It adds that some verbal senses come instead from Middle English mollen, 'to soften, dissolve'. Grinding fine and softening slowly are both there in the record, which fits a word about letting time work on something.
來源把這個動詞接到中古英語 molle／mulle（灰塵、碎屑），可能再往前是古英語 myl，並說它和 mill（磨）有關。來源又補了一句：有些動詞用法其實來自中古英語 mollen（使變軟、溶解）。「磨細」和「泡軟」這兩條線索都在資料裡，正好對上一個講「讓時間慢慢起作用」的字。
Wiktionary, "mull" (etymology 1)
mull · headland
nA completely separate word that happens to be spelled the same. Here, think of standing on a coast road in Scotland and watching the land run out: a high, rounded head of ground pushing into the sea, with water on three sides and usually a lighthouse at the tip.
From the word’s history
The source gives this noun a separate origin: Scottish Gaelic maol. It is not a figurative use of the verb; it is a different word that English borrowed from Gaelic, which is why it stays tied to Scottish places.
來源給這個名詞另一條來歷：蘇格蘭蓋爾語 maol。它不是動詞義引申出來的比喻，而是英文從蓋爾語借進來的另一個字。這也說明為什麼它一直黏著蘇格蘭的地名。
Wiktionary, "mull" (etymology 3)
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