SHAPED CONTAINER 模具, [C] a hollow container that you pour a liquid or soft substance into, so that when it becomes solid, it takes the shape of the container

模具; 铸模:

Another method, used especially for figures, was to pour the clay into a mould.

另一个方法，尤其用于铸造人像，是把黏土倒入模具中。

lime jello in a mould

装在果冻模里的酸橙果冻

TYPE OF PERSON 人的类型, [sing.] if someone is in a particular mould, or fits into a particular mould, they have all the attitudes and qualities typical of a type of person

〔人的性格、气质等〕类型:

She didn't quite fit into the standard 'high-flying business woman' mould.

她并不完全属于“商场女强人”那种类型。

a socialist intellectual in the mould of Anthony Crossland

安东尼·克罗斯兰类型的一名社会主义知识分子

break the mould, to change a situation completely, by doing something that has not been done before

彻底改变格局，打破模式:

an attempt to break the mould of British politics

打破英国政治模式的尝试

GROWING SUBSTANCE 会生长的物质, [U] a soft green, grey, or black substance that grows on food which has been kept too long, and on objects that are in warm, wet air

霉，霉菌:

The chemical was used to kill a mold that grows on peanuts.

这种化学品被用来杀灭花生上的霉菌。

The walls were black with mould.

墙上发了霉，黑乎乎的。

[T] to shape a soft substance by pressing or rolling it or by putting it into a mould

使…成形; 用模子制作; 浇铸:

Mould the sausage meat into little balls.

把灌香肠用的碎肉捏成小丸子。

moulded plastic chairs

模制塑料椅子

[T] to influence the way someone's character or attitudes develop

影响〔某人性格或态度〕的形成，塑造:

I try to take young athletes and mold them into team players.

我尽量收年纪小的运动员，把他们塑造成有团队精神的选手。

an attempt to mould public opinion

影响舆论的企图

[I,T] to fit closely to the shape of something, or to make something fit closely

（与…的）轮廓相符:

The lining of the boot molds itself to the shape of your foot.

靴子的衬里会逐渐和脚形吻合。

Her wet dress was moulded to her body.

她的湿衣服紧贴在身上。