词汇 | mould |
释义 | mould noun UK(USmold)uk /məʊld/ us /moʊld/ mouldnoun (SUBSTANCE)[ U ] a soft, green or grey growth that develops on old food or on objects that have been left for too long in warm, wet air: 霉;霉菌 There was mould on the cheese.这块奶酪发霉了。 mikroman6/Moment/GettyImages Bacteria, moulds, germs & viruses abacterial acquired immune deficiency syndrome acquired immunodeficiency syndrome adenovirus aerobe bacteriology flora fly agaric germicidal germophobe gnotobiotic listeria microbe microorganism probiotic prokaryotic reindeer moss respiratory syncytial virus retroviral root rot mouldnoun (SHAPE)[ C ] a hollow container with a particular shape into which soft or liquid substances are poured, so that when the substance becomes hard it takes the shape of the container: 模子,模具;铸模 a cake/jelly mould蛋糕/果冻模子 Vudhikul Ocharoen/iStock/Getty Images Plus/GettyImages Models & moulds cardboard cutout cast die diorama mock mock something up model precast recreation scale section truckle wireframe mouldnoun (TYPE OF PERSON)[ S ] If someone is from or in a particular mould, they have the characteristics typical of a certain type of person: (人的)性格,气质,类型 He's cast in a very different mould from his brother.他和他弟弟的性格截然不同。 He's a player in the Federer mould.他是费德勒那一类型的球员。 Categories and varieties bad/big boyidiom breed categoric categorical category classification derivative form hue mark misclassification model new breed polymorphism run shade sort stratification substance update mould verb UK(USmold)uk /məʊld/ us /moʊld/ [ T ] to make a soft substance have a particular shape: 用模子制作;塑造;使成形 This plastic is going to be moulded into plates.这些塑料将被制成盘子。 The children moulded little pots out of/from(= made them by shaping) clay.孩子们用黏土塑成小罐。 [ T ] to try to change or influence someone: 力图改变;对…施加影响 He kept trying to mould me into something he wanted me to be.他总是想把我变成他希望的样子。 [ Iusually+ adv/prep ] to fit the body very closely: 紧贴身体 She was wearing an extremely tight costume that moulded to/round the contours of her body.她穿着一件非常紧身的衣服,身体的线条显露无遗。 Industrial processing canning cast crack cracker cutting room desalinate desalination fluoridate mouldable nurdle plastic processing raw material refine sand-cast smelt smelting tan treat unworked You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Sculpture Affecting and influencing Wearing clothes Closeness in distance and time Examples of mouldmould Conodonts and brachiopods are usually preserved as moulds or replaced by silica. It can cause the metal to tear away from the mould walls resulting in a deformed casting. The other dimension of invisible language policies involves the role of creative writers in moulding language policy. Let me therefore point to a piece of evidence that cannot be cast in this mould: the evidence for a majority status effect. Seasonal variation in atmospheric concentration of fungal spores has been documented for some moulds in several geographical locations. In addition, perceptions have also been moulded by the performance of former public enterprises after their transfer to private hands. Her image left critics free to praise her: to note virility without suggesting that she fitted the usual authorial mould. This pairing results from the practice of early modern papermakers, who used two paper moulds (crafted as a pair) in alternation. But not all history can be shoehorned into a colonial/pre-colonial mould. The tendency to see constitutions as predetermined legal moulds can be a source of flawed institutional arrangements and eventual institutional failure. Most specimens are flattened internal or external moulds, though threedimensional preservation also occurs. The key argument is that different ' cultures ' of fitness mould the subjective experiences of ageing in different ways through the use of various body-maintenance techniques. Religion was crucial to any society, moulding attitudes and dispositions and facilitating mutual understandings. In other words, discourse moulds music to serve a particular purpose dictated not by the attributes of music, but by the structural necessity of theory. This is partly because it is highly workable and capable of being moulded into the most expressive of surfaces. See all examples of mould These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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