喜樂美語
  1. 1nB1/ˈmɪlər/ · /ˈmɪlə/磨坊主人

    Someone who owns or works in a mill, the place where grain is crushed into flour.

    Someone某人，who owns or works in a mill擁有或在磨坊工作，the place where grain is crushed into flour磨坊是把穀物磨成麵粉的地方。

    示範例句 · Example

    In the old story, the kind miller gave warm bread to every tired traveler.

    逐字在那個老故事裡，善良的磨坊主人給每個疲累的旅人溫暖的麵包。

    「miller」是在 mill（磨坊）裡把穀物磨成麵粉的人，可以是老闆，也可以是裡面工作的師傅。可以想成古時候每個村子都有一位 miller，大家的麥子都拿去給他磨。現在真正的 miller 少見，多半在故事、童話或歷史課裡才會遇到。

    常見搭配

    • the village miller

      村裡的磨坊師傅

      the person who runs the mill in a small town

      Everyone knew the village miller by name.

    • the old miller

      年老的磨坊主人

      an elderly person who works in a mill

      The old miller taught his son how to grind wheat.

    • the miller's wheel

      磨坊的大水車

      the large wheel a mill uses to grind grain

      The miller's wheel turned slowly in the river.

    用法接近

    millbakergrinder

core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。

同家族的字

複數 millers

用法接近

millbakergrinder

原始詞典資料22 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，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.

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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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