a building fitted with equipment for grinding grain into flour; a machine for grinding grain 磨坊；面粉廠 The old mill has been converted into apartments. 舊磨坊已被改造成公寓。 The mill can be seen grinding wheat. 能看見磨粉機在碾磨小麥。 The river was harnessed to drive many mills. 利用這條河來驅動許多台磨粉機。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- corn
- flour
- grain
- …
- operate
- convert
- restore
- …
- grind something
- stone
- wheel
(often in compounds 常構成複合詞 a factory that produces a particular type of material 工廠；制造廠 a cotton/cloth/steel/paper mill 紗廠；紡織廠；鋼廠；造紙廠 mill owners/workers 工廠主；工人 a textile/woollen mill 紡織/羊毛廠 a northern mill town 北方的一個工業城鎮
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 巧克力廠；香煙廠；制衣廠
- plant a factory or place where power is produced or an industrial process takes place:
a nuclear power plant 核電廠 a manufacturing plant 制造廠
- mill a factory that produces a particular type of material:
a cotton/paper/textile/woollen mill 棉紡廠；造紙廠；紡織廠；毛紡廠
- works (often in compounds) a place where things are made or an industrial process takes place:
a brickworks 磚廠 a steelworks 煉鋼廠 Raw materials were carried to the works by barge. 原材料由駁船運到工廠。
- yard (usually in compounds) an area of land used for building something:
a shipyard 船塢
- 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 汽車修理廠
- foundry a factory where metal or glass is melted and made into different shapes or objects:
an iron foundry 鑄鐵廠
- 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 常構成複合詞 a small machine for grinding a solid substance into powder 磨粉機；磨面機 
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）陷於困境；於某人爲難 They really put me through the mill in my interview. 他們在我的采訪中真的讓我很痛苦。
(all) grist to the/somebody’s mill (British English)
(North American English (all) grist for the/somebody’s mill)