- [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 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。