英语释义

1. to grind or mix thoroughly pulverize
mull a portion of the pigment with the oil
— H. J. Wolfe

2. to consider at length ponder —often used with over
mulled over his choicesIt's a fine offer, but we need time to mull it over.

3. meditate, ponder
all his talk of mulling and weighing and balancing was vacillation
— J. P. Marquand

4. to heat, sweeten, and flavor (a beverage, such as wine or cider) with spices

5. a soft fine sheer fabric of cotton, silk, or rayon

6. friable forest humus that forms a layer of mixed organic matter and mineral soil and merges gradually into the mineral soil beneath

7. a finely powdered solid especially in a suspension

8. island of western Scotland in the Inner Hebrides area 351 square miles (913 square kilometers), population 1499

9. to think about slowly and carefully ponder
I thought of the words. I mulled them over in my mind.
— Wilson Rawls, Where the Red Fern Grows

10. to grind or mix thoroughly (as in a mortar) pulverize
the alloy, after removal from the amalgamator, was mulled in the palm of the hand
— Journal of American Dental Association

11. an ointment of high melting point intended to be spread on muslin or mull and used like a plaster
zinc mull

片语

Russia Mulls Oil Cuts俄罗斯考虑石油减产

mull over仔细考虑

Shanghai mulls flexible retirement沪拟延迟企业人才退休

mulls mQlz膏药

China Mulls Environmental Tax中国计划征收环保税

英汉例句

• China mulls renewable energy development fund.

  中国拟设立可再生能源发展基金。

• China mulls less crimes punishable by execution.

  中国斟酌减少适用死刑罪行。

• As America mulls an atomic revival, it should look not just to Japan, but also its own past.

  现在美国正在酝酿核电复兴，这个时候，它不仅应该看看日本的福岛，还应该看看自己的历史。

• It mulls over some of the landmark judgments of America's Supreme Court on intra-Christian disputes and mentions a recent case in Britain involving two factions of a Hindu sect.

  这份判决谨慎引用美国最高法院的某些判例，提及最近在英国发生的一个涉及印度教中两个教派争端的案件。

• The assessment comes as a U. S. Food and Drug Administration advisory panel mulls whether to recommend approval of the intravenous drug for atrial fibrillation (AF).

  这一评估来源于一个美国食品与药品监督管理局的顾问团提出，对于治疗心房颤动的注射药物是否批準需要进行慎重考虑。

• In another story, robotic automation has rendered jobs a thing of the past, and one human mulls what to do with his free time.

  在另一篇小说中，机器人自动化宣布工作成为明日黄花，一个人类琢磨如何打发空閑时间。

• China mulls harsher penalties for food safety crimes.

  中国欲严惩食品安全犯罪。

• Over at the offices of Capital Partners, former Deputy Finance Minister Doukas fiddles with a pencil and mulls the worst-case scenario.

  在合伙人的办公室，前财政部副部长Doukas随便摆弄着手里的铅笔，考虑着最坏的情况。

• China mulls exit of proactive fiscal policy.

  中国考虑退出经济刺激政策。

• Guizhou mulls rules to protect Moutai water source.

  贵州政府正在研究措施保护茅台水资源。