- [countable]
a container that you pour a liquid or soft substance into, which then becomes solid in the same shape as the container, for example when it is cooled or cooked 模具;铸模 - [countable, usually singular]
a particular style showing the characteristics, attitudes or behaviour that are typical of somebody/something (独特)类型,个性,风格 a hero in the ‘Superman’ mold “超人” 式的英雄 He is cast in a different mold from his predecessor. 他和他的前任风格不一样。 She doesn’t fit (into) the traditional mold of an academic. 她不像一个传统的学者。
- [uncountable, countable]
a fine soft green, grey or black substance like fur that is a type of fungus and that grows on old food or on objects that are left in warm wet air see also leaf mould霉;霉菌
Idioms
break the mold (of something)
to change what people expect from a situation, especially by acting in a dramatic and original way 改变…的模式;打破…的模式
they broke the mold (when they made somebody/something)
used to say that somebody/something is the only person or thing of their/its kind and there will never be another like them/it 模子: 过去常说某人/某物是这种人或同类中唯一的人或物,再也不会有像他们/它这样的人Jenny, after they made you they broke the mold. 珍妮,在他们造出你之后,他们打破了模式。