mould
(US mold), n
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; 鑄模; 鑄型
a jelly mould in the shape of a racing car 賽車形果凍模子. =>illus 見插圖.
(b) jelly, pudding, etc made in such a container 用模子塑出的果凍、 布丁等.
2 (usu sing 通常作單數) particular type of (a person's) character 性格; 氣質
He doesn't fit (into) the traditional mould of a university professor. 他沒有大學教授那種傳統的氣質.
They are all cast in the same/a similar mould, ie They all have similar attitudes and ways of behaving. 他們都是一個模子鑄出的(態度和行為一模一樣). mould, v
1 [Tn, Tn.pr]
(a) ~ sth (into sth) shape (a soft substance) into a particular form or object 使(軟材料)成形
mould plastic (into drain-pipes) 用塑料模壓(成排水管).
(b) ~ sth (from/out of/in sth) make sth by shaping it 塑造某物
mould a head out of/in clay 用黏土塑造頭像.
2 [Tn, Tn.pr]
~ sb/sth (into sb/sth) guide or control the development of sb/sth; shape or influence sb/sth 指導或控制某人[某事物]的發展; 塑造或影響某人[某事物]
mould sb's character 塑造某人的性格
Television moulds public opinion. 電視能影響輿論.
mould a child into a mature adult 把孩子造就為成熟的成年人.
3 [Ipr, Tn.pr]
~ (sth) to/round sth (cause sth to) fit tightly round the shape of (an object) (使某物)與(某物體)的外形吻合
Her wet clothes moulded round her body. 她的濕衣服緊貼在身上. mould (US 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) n [U] soft fine loose earth, esp from decayed vegetable matter 細而松軟的土壤(尤指因含腐殖質)
leaf mould, ie from decayed leaves and twigs that have fallen off trees 腐殖質土.