a building fitted with equipment for grinding grain into flour; a machine for grinding grain 磨坊；面粉厂 The old mill has been converted into apartments. 旧磨坊已被改造成公寓。 The mill can be seen grinding wheat. 能看见磨粉机在碾磨小麦。 The river was harnessed to drive many mills. 利用这条河来驱动许多台磨粉机。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- corn
- flour
- grain
- …
- operate
- convert
- restore
- …
- grind something
- stone
- wheel
(often in compounds 常构成复合词 a factory that produces a particular type of material 工厂；制造厂 a cotton/cloth/steel/paper mill 纱厂；纺织厂；钢厂；造纸厂 mill owners/workers 工厂主；工人 a textile/woollen mill 纺织/羊毛厂 a northern mill town 北方的一个工业城镇
Synonyms factoryfactorysee also content mill, rolling mill, rumour mill, sawmillTopics Businessc1- plant
- mill
- works
- yard
- workshop
- foundry
- factory a building or group of buildings where goods are made, mainly by machine:
a chocolate/cigarette/clothing factory 巧克力厂；香烟厂；制衣厂
- plant a factory or place where power is produced or an industrial process takes place:
a nuclear power plant 核电厂 a manufacturing plant 制造厂
- mill a factory that produces a particular type of material:
a cotton/paper/textile/woollen mill 棉纺厂；造纸厂；纺织厂；毛纺厂
- works (often in compounds) a place where things are made or an industrial process takes place:
a brickworks 砖厂 a steelworks 炼钢厂 Raw materials were carried to the works by barge. 原材料由驳船运到工厂。
- yard (usually in compounds) an area of land used for building something:
a shipyard 船坞
- workshop a room or building in which things are made or repaired using hand tools or machinery (usually individual items or small numbers of items):
a car repair workshop 汽车修理厂
- foundry a factory where metal or glass is melted and made into different shapes or objects:
an iron foundry 铸铁厂
- a car/chemical/munitions factory/plant
- an engineering plant/works
- to manage/run a factory/plant/mill/works/yard/workshop/foundry
- to work in/at a factory/plant/mill/yard/workshop/foundry
- factory/mill/foundry owners/managers/workers
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- cotton
- feed
- jute
- …
- operate
- own
- run
- …
- produce something
- town
- buildings
- hand
- …
(often in compounds 常构成复合词 a small machine for grinding a solid substance into powder 磨粉机；磨面机 
a pepper mill 胡椒研磨器
Word OriginOld English mylen, based on late Latin molinum, from Latin mola ‘grindstone, mill’, from molere ‘to grind’.
Idioms
go through the mill | put somebody through the mill
to have or make somebody have a difficult time （使）陷于困境；于某人为难 They really put me through the mill in my interview. 他们在我的采访中真的让我很痛苦。
(all) grist to the/somebody’s mill (British English)
(North American English (all) grist for the/somebody’s mill)