| 词汇 | mold |
| 词根词缀 | 词源： 1. mold (1) "hollow shape," 12c., metathesized from O.Fr. modle (Fr. moule), from L. modulum (nom. modulus) "measure, model," dim. of modus "manner" (see mode (1)). Related: Molded. To break the mold "render impossible the creation of another" is from 1560s. 2. mold (2) "fungus," early 15c., probably from moulde, pp. of moulen "to grow moldy" (early 13c.), related to O.N. mygla "grow moldy," from P.Gmc. *mug-. Or it may have evolved from (or been influenced by) O.E. molde "loose earth" (see mold (3)). 3. mold (3) "loose earth," O.E. molde "earth," from P.Gmc. *mulda (cf. O.Fris. molde, O.N. mold "earth," O.H.G. molta "dust, earth," Goth. mulda "dust"), from PIE base *mel- "to rub, grind" (see meal (2)). Specifically, in late (Christian) O.E., "the earth of the grave." |
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