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miMen-nium /mi'leniam/ noun {pi. mil-len>nia /-nia/ or miMen niums) 1 a period of 1 000
years, especially as calculated before or after the birth of Christ —千年•，千 年期（尤指公元纪年>
:the second miHermium AD公元 第二个千年 2 the mi丨丨ennium the time when one period of l 000 years
ends and another begins 千周年
纪念日；.千禧 $ : How did you ceZebrate the miHe/i- nii/m?你们是如何欢庆千禧年的？
millepede o millipede
mill-er /'mila(r)/ noun a person who owns or works in a mill for making'flour磨坊主w磨坊工人. mil-let /'milit/ noun [U] a type of plant that grows in hot
countries and produces very small seeds. The seeds are used as food, mainly to
make flour, and also to feed to birds and animals.泰类；谷子；粟 _ picture o cereal
milli-
/'mili/
combining
form (in nouns; used in
units of measurement构成名词,，用手计量单極）one thousandth 千分之—：miHigram i克
milli-bar /'miliba:(r)/ noun a unit for measuring the pressure of the
atmosphere. One thousand millibars are equal to one bar.毫巴（大气压强单位）
Itlilli-gram (8rf also milli-gramme) /'miligraem/ noun {abbr. mg)
a unit for measuring
weight; a 1 000th of a gram 毫
克；千分泛一克.
millilitre (fir£) {NAmE mUUMter) /'milili:ta(r)/ noun ,.(abbr. ml) /mil/ a unit for
measuring the volume of iiquids and gases; a l oooth of a litre 毫升r 千分之一升 milli metre tHr (er£) (NAmE milli-meter)： /'mili- mi:ta(r)/ noun [abbr. mm)
a unit ifor measuring
length; a..1 000th of a metre 毫
米；.千分之一米
milMner /'milm0(r)/ noun a person whose job is making and/or
selling women’s hats女帽制造商；制造（或销
彳\女帽的人
mill-in-ery /'milinari; NAmE 'ttiilineri/ noun [U] 1 the work of a milliner 女帽业 2 hats solii in shops/stores (.商_店的）帽类
mill-ing /'milir)/ adj. [only before noun]
(of people moving around in a large mass 成群乱转的：I hacf to my way
through the mfHi/ig crowd.我不得不在涌
动的+潮中挤出一条路来。
miMi〇n /_milj9n/ nam&r(p〖urai verb 复数动词）
1 (afcfcr. m) 1 000 〇〇〇 --百^a population of half a
million X n 〇 tens of
millions of dollars % 〇 It must be worth a
million (= pounds, dollars, etc.) ^ 一定值一百万〇■ You say
a,
one, two, several,
etc. million without a final ‘s’ on ‘miilion’. Millions (of ... ) can be used if there is no number
or quantity before it. Always use a plural verb with million or millions,
except when an amount of money is
mentioned ： Four million
(people) were affected. 0 Two million (pounds) was withdrawn from the account,
a, one, two,
several, .etc. million ■时，million 后面不加 s。' 若 前面没★数目或数量，可用millions (of ...)。million和 millions均用复数动词，指明金额除外：Four million (people) were
affected. 〇 Two million (pounds) was withdrawn from
the account. 2 a million or millions (of .;：) (informal) a very large amount j*: M ： J still have a miHion things to do.我还有很多很多的事情要做。◊ TTiere were nn7〖ions o/peopie there•那里人山人海。◊ He made his millions (= all his money) on currency deab. 他的万贯家财都是通过外汇交易得到的。dH There are more examples of how to use
numbers at the entry for hundred.更多数词用法示例见hundred条。 ITiTiBl look/feel like a million dollars/1 bucks {informal) to look/feel extremely good看上去/ 感觉好故T one, etc. in a 'million a person or thing that is very unusual or
special万里挑一的人（或物）；不同寻常的人（或
物）：He’s
a man〖n a mfHfon•他是个出类拔萃的人物。
miMion-aire /.miljs'nea^); NAmE -'ner/ noun a person who has a million pounds, dollars, etc.; a very rich person:百万富翁；大富.豪.：an
oirmiHionaire石命行业
■的百万富翁_◊ She’s
a miWonaire severai times over.她是 个j乙万富—。◊ a
miHio/iaire businessman腰缠百万的
商人
mil-lion-airess /.milje'nearas; NAmE -'ner-/ noun (old- fashioned) a woman who is a
millionaire miMionth {>■»/'miljanG/ ordinal number, noun m ordinal number l 000 oooth
■
/KM/n each of one million equal parts of.sth 百万分之 —：ci/one miHionth 〇/ a second 百万分之r 秒
milli>pede
(also
millepede) /'milipird/ noun a small creature like
an insect, .with a long thin body divided into many sections, each with two
pairs of legs 马陆；
虫
milli-second /'milisekand/ noun (technical 7|<: i#) a 1000th of a
second 毫秒；....千分之一秒：i的gwraf/Ve) J hesitated a miHisecond
too 我几乎没犹豫。
mil-li-volt /'miliveult; NAmE -voult/ noun {physics 物)a unit for measuring the force of an eiectric current;
a l oooth of a volt毫伏（特）；千分之一伏特
mill-pond /'milpDnd; NAmE -pa:nd/ noun a small area of water
used especially in the past to make the wheel of a MILL turn (尤指旧时用于推动磨坊水车的）磨坊水池：
rhe
sea was as cdm as a miHpond•海上风平浪群。
.Mills
and 'Boon™ noun a company that
publishes popular romantic novels米尔斯和布恩出版公^司.、.（出版 •通f谷爱情小说.).： He was taH, darfc and
handsome, if&e a MiHs抵企头萬夫、皮肤黝_、相藐堂
像通俗爱情小说的男主角。
millstone /'milstaun; NAmE -stoun/ noun one of two flat round
stones used, especially in the past, to crush grain to make flour H:;磨盘 IT*!?! a millstone
around/round your neck a difficult problem or responsibility that
it seems impossible to solve or get rid of难以逢脱的沉重负担：JVty debts are a mi7ktone around my necfc.债#成了我难以癀脱的负担。• mill-stream /'mdstriim/ noun a stream whose water
turns a wheel that provides power for machinery in a WATERMILL水磨动力水流
'mill wheel noun a large wheel that is
turned by water and that makes the machinery of a mill work (带动磨
坊机器运转的.)水车轮
mil-om-eter (also mile-ometer)
/mai'lDmit0(r); NAmE -•la:m-/ (both (AMmf odom.eter) .(also the
clock US, Br£) noun an
instrument in a vehicle that measures.the number of miles it .has travelled 里程表； 计程器 一 picture □>
mi-lord /mi'loid; NAmE
-'loird/ noun {old use or humorous) used when talking to or about
a man who is a member of the British nobility (对英国贵族的称呼 > 老爷，大人 —compare milady mime
/maim/ noun,
verb
mnoun [U，. C] (especially
in the theatre) the use of movements of your hands or body and the expressions
on your face to tell a story or to act sth without speaking; a performance
using this method of acting 哑剧表演；哑剧；默剧：r/ie per/ormance consisted 〇/
dance, music and mime.演出包括痗蹈、音乐和哑剧。◊ a
mime artist 哑居!j表濟艺术家◊ Sheper/ormeda brie/ mime.她表演了一剧。
■
verb 1 to act, tell a story, etc. by
moving your body and
face but
without speaking表演哑剧；用哑剧动作義现： [VN】 £ac/i
pZayer has to mime t/ie .ririe 〇/ a movie, pZay or book.每一名參加者都得用哑剧动作表观出一部电影、
戏剧或 7 本书的标题。◊ [V -ing] ffe
mimed di’mbfng a mountain.他角鈿形戎表示爬队[also
V] 2〜(to) (sth) to pretend to sing a song that is actually
being sung by sb else on a tape，etc•(按照播放录音等）模拟歌唱；假
唱：…[V] TTie band to
a bacfcing’tape.乐队跟
f伴奏带在模拟演唱。[also VN]
mi-mesis /mi'miisis; mai'm-/ noun [\J] 1 {technical 7it-i§) the way in
which the real world and human behaviour is represented in art or literature T太学艺术创作中的）
模^ ,摹仿 2 语）the fact of a particular
social group changing their behaviour by copying the
behaviour of another social group ('社会团体乏伺的） 行为模仿 3 (b/o/ogy _生)'the fact of a. plant
or animal developing a similar appearance to another plant or animal.(生物的）拟态 4 (wec/Zcfl/ 医）the fact of a set of symptoms suggesting that sb has a
particular disease, when in fact that person has a different disease or none 疾病模仿