| 释义 |
[/məuld; mold/] n 用法:
1 (a) hollow container with a particular shape, into which a soft or liquid substance (eg jelly or molten metal) is poured to set or cool into that shape 模子; 铸模; 铸型:
a jelly mould in the shape of a racing car 赛车形果冻模子. =>illus 见插图.
(b) jelly, pudding, etc made in such a container 用模子塑出的果冻、 布丁等. 用法:
2 (usu sing 通常作单数) particular type of (a person's) character 性格; 气质:
He doesn't fit (into) the traditional mould of a university professor. 他没有大学教授那种传统的气质. *
They are all cast in the same/a similar mould, ie They all have similar attitudes and ways of behaving. 他们都是一个模子铸出的（态度和行为一模一样）. mould (US mold) 2
[/məuld; mold/] n [U, C] fine furry growth of fungi that forms on old food or on objects left in moist warm air 霉; 霉菌. mould (US mold) 3
[/məuld; mold/] n [U] soft fine loose earth, esp from decayed vegetable matter 细而松软的土壤（尤指因含腐殖质）:
leaf mould, ie from decayed leaves and twigs that have fallen off trees 腐殖质土. |