mull

/mʌl/· verb

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mull
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Chinese meaning

反fǎn复fù考kǎo虑lǜ,盘pán算suàn

反fǎn复fù琢zhuó磨mó,权quán衡héng

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BC省shěng仍réng在zài权quán衡héng是shì否fǒu延yán续xù猎liè狼láng计jì划huà

Example

As British Columbia mulls continued wolf-killing to save caribou, critics say habitat loss is the real threat

随suí着zhe不bù列liè颠diān哥gē伦lún比bǐ亚yà省shěng仍réng在zài盘pán算suàn是shì否fǒu延yán续xù猎liè杀shā狼láng群qún以yǐ拯zhěng救jiù驯xùn鹿lù的de计jì划huà,批pī评píng者zhě称chēng栖qī息xī地dì丧sàng失shī才cái是shì真zhēn正zhèng的de威wēi胁xié。

Source: Mongabay · 1 Sep 2026

Background ✎

加jiā拿ná大dà不bù列liè颠diān哥gē伦lún比bǐ亚yà省shěng正zhèng讨tǎo论lùn是shì否fǒu将jiāng持chí续xù十shí年nián的de猎liè狼láng计jì划huà再zài延yán长cháng五wǔ年nián,以yǐ保bǎo护hù濒bīn危wēi的de林lín地dì驯xùn鹿lù,但dàn批pī评píng者zhě认rèn为wéi栖qī息xī地dì丧sàng失shī才cái是shì根gēn本běn问wèn题tí。

Roots · etymology

一说源自中古英语 mul(尘土、碎屑),与「碾磨」义相关(该词源在词典中标注为存疑)

  • 单纯词,不可拆

Collocations

  • mull over / mull something / continue to mull

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