mull

英 [m?l] 美[m?l]

低頻詞擴展詞匯

第三人稱單數:?mulls;過去式:?mulled;過去分詞:?mulled;現在分詞:?mulling;

1. 書面語 mull over sth.
2. 拉(l)住海鷗快安靜(lull).
3. 海鷗不(b)同意變公牛(bull).
4. apple-polisher 馬屁精(蘋果是好的，把好的給人吃).

mull 認真琢磨，反復思考

來自中古英語mullyn,磨粉，來自PIE*mel,磨，錘打，詞源同mill,mallet.引申詞義認真琢磨，反復思考。

mull (v.1): "ponder," 1873, perhaps from a figurative use of Middle English mullyn "grind to powder, pulverize," from molle "dust, ashes, rubbish" (c. 1300), probably from Middle Dutch mul "grit, loose earth," related to mill (n.1). But Webster's (1879) defined it as "to work steadily without accomplishing much," which may connect it to earlier identical word in athletics sense of "to botch, muff" (1862). Related: Mulled; mulling.
mull (v.2): "sweeten, spice and heat a drink," c. 1600, of unknown origin, perhaps from Dutch mol, a kind of white, sweet beer, or from Flemish molle a kind of beer, and related to words for "to soften." Related: Mulled; mulling.
mull (n.): "promontory" (in Scottish place names), late 14c., perhaps from Old Norse muli "a jutting crag, projecting ridge (between two valleys)," which probably is identical with muli "snout, muzzle." The Norse word is related to Old Frisian mula, Middle Dutch mule, muul, Old High German mula, German Maul "muzzle, mouth." Alternative etymology traces it to Gaelic maol "brow of a hill or rock," also "bald," from Old Celtic *mailo-s (cognates: Irish maol, Old Irish máel, máil, Welsh moel).

1. I'll leave you alone here so you can mull it over.: 我不打擾你了，你在這兒可以仔細考慮考慮這事兒。

2. RICHARD BILTON : So where does all this leave a community like Mull?: RICHARDBILTON:那么所有這一切會給穆爾島這樣的群體帶來什么樣的影響呢 ?

3. I sat there and tried to mull things over in my mind.: 我坐在那兒,盡量把事情仔細考慮一下.

4. The first lining is normally mull, the second lining normally kraft.: 第一層通常是紗布, 第二層是牛皮紙.

5. Richard Bilton , BBC News, on the Isle of Mull.: 英國廣播公司新聞,RichardBilton, 穆爾島報道.