Instead of the little stone hand mortar used in early days, there are now great flour mills, like those that line the river front in Minneapolis.
现在的面粉厂已经取代了早期使用的小石灰浆,比如明尼阿波利斯市沿河的面粉厂。
人物档案
While carrying a mission to destroy flour mills on the Schuylkill River, Hamilton's boat came under attack, and he was forced to swim to safety.
在执行摧毁斯库尔基尔河面粉厂的任务时,汉密尔顿的船遭到攻击, 他被迫游到安全地带。
大商业时代
It mingled with the straw and killed the cattle — at least so the farmers complained; it cut their hands and even found its way, with disastrous results, into the flour mills.
A gristmill (also: grist mill, corn mill or flour mill) grinds grain into flour. The term can refer to both the grinding mechanism and the building that holds it.