mould

英 [m??ld] 美

CET4TEM4IELTS考研CET6中低頻詞常用詞匯

復數:?moulds;第三人稱單數:?moulds;過去式:?moulded;過去分詞:?moulded;現在分詞:?moulding;

1. 諧音“模的、霉的”

mould 模具，鑄模，霉，霉菌

來自mold的英式拼寫形式。

mould: mould: English has three words mould. By some way the oldest is ‘earth, soil’ [OE], which comes ultimately from the Indo-European base *mel-, *mol-, *ml- ‘grind’ (source also of English meal ‘flour’, mill, etc). Moulder [16] may be derived from it. Mould ‘form’ [13] is assumed to come from Old French modle ‘form, shape, pattern’.

This was descended from Latin modulus ‘small measure’ (source of English module), a diminutive form of modus ‘measure’ (source of English mode, model, etc). Mould ‘fungus’ [15] appears to have originated as an adjective, meaning ‘mouldy’. This in turn was an adjectival use of the past participle of a now obsolete verb moul ‘go mouldy’, which was borrowed from an assumed Old Norse *mugla.
=> meal, mill, molar, moulder; mode, model, mood
mould: chiefly British English spelling of mold in various senses. Related: Moulded; moulding.

1. If damp, musty buildings make you ill, mould is probably the cause.: 如果潮濕發霉的建筑令你生病了，霉菌很可能是病因。

2. Using 2 spoons, mould the cheese mixture into small balls or ovals.: 用兩把小匙將奶酪混合物塑成圓球或橢圓球形狀。

5. He will mould a child into an excellent basketball player.: 他把孩子造就成為一個優秀的籃球運動員.