mill

工場

機械で紙や鉄鋼、布などの材料を作る工場。

やさしい英語で： A factory where machines produce materials such as paper, steel, or cloth.

• The mill produces paper.
• Steel from this mill is used to build bridges.
• Many textile mills once operated in this region.

類義語： factory, plant

よく使う表現： steel mill, textile mill, paper mill

ミル、粉砕機

穀物やこしょうなどを細かく砕いたり、粉にしたりする機械。

やさしい英語で： A machine that crushes grain, pepper, or other materials into small pieces or powder.

• Pass me the pepper mill.
• This mill grinds grain into flour.
• She bought two wooden mills for salt and pepper.

類義語： grinder

よく使う表現： pepper mill, coffee mill, hand mill

製粉所、工場

穀物を挽いたり、布などの材料を加工したりする機械のある建物。

やさしい英語で： A building containing machines that grind grain or process materials such as cloth.

• They took the wheat to the mill.
• The old mill used water to turn its wheel.
• Two former textile mills now house museums.

よく使う表現： flour mill, water mill, old mill

挽く、切削する

機械で穀物を挽いたり、回転する刃で材料を削ったりする。

やさしい英語で： To use a machine to crush grain or process another material.

• We mill our own wheat.
• The grain was milled into flour.
• This machine can mill metal as well as wood.

使い方： mill something into something (They mill the wheat into fine flour.)

類義語： grind, process

よく使う表現： mill grain, mill wheat, mill grain into flour

うろうろする

はっきりした目的なく動き回る。集団で動くことが多い。

やさしい英語で： To move around without a clear purpose, often as part of a group.

• People mill around the entrance.
• Guests milled about in the hotel lobby.
• Why is that crowd milling around outside?

使い方： mill around/about (People milled around while waiting for the doors to open.)

類義語： wander, drift about

よく使う表現： mill around, mill about, mill around something

円を描くように追う

動物を追うなどして、円を描くように動かす。

やさしい英語で： To make animals move around in a circle.

• The riders mill the cattle.
• They milled the herd into a tight circle.
• The rancher asked us to mill the horses.

よく使う表現： mill cattle, mill the herd