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mull over sth
也可说 mull sth over；若宾语是代词，只能说 mull it over。
She mulled over the job offer for a week.
她把这个工作机会反复考虑了一个星期。
马尔岛
mulls — plural of mull
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
马尔岛
the island of Mull, in the Inner Hebrides of western Scotland
She mulled over the job offer for a week.
她把这个工作机会反复考虑了一个星期。
切碎以备吸食的大麻。
Marijuana that has been chopped to prepare it for smoking.
一种薄而柔软的棉布。
A thin, soft muslin.
用兽角小端制成的鼻烟盒。
A snuffbox made of the small end of a horn.
松软的森林腐殖质,形成一层有机质与矿质土壤的混合物,并逐渐融入下层矿质土壤。
Friable forest humus that forms a layer of mixed organic matter and mineral soil and merges gradually into the mineral soil beneath.
I mulled over your offer for a long time.
我仔细考虑了你的提议很长时间。
She is still mulling over whether to accept the job, so don't rush her.
她还在反复考虑是否接受那份工作，所以别催她。
Let me mull it over for a day and get back to you tomorrow.
让我考虑一天，明天再答复你。
也可说 mull sth over；若宾语是代词，只能说 mull it over。
She mulled over the job offer for a week.
她把这个工作机会反复考虑了一个星期。
指加热葡萄酒或苹果酒并加糖和香料；常见形容词形式 mulled，如 mulled wine（热红酒）。
They mulled the red wine with cinnamon and cloves.
他们用肉桂和丁香把红葡萄酒加热调味。
Not this
She mulled about the job offer for days.
Use this
She mulled over the job offer for days.
mull表示“仔细考虑”时是及物动词短语mull over，介词必须用over，不能用about；这是受汉语“考虑关于”影响产生的错误。
Not this
He is mulling to change his job.
Use this
He is mulling over changing his job.
mull over后接名词或动名词作宾语，不能接不定式；同时不能省略over。汉语“考虑做某事”易误用to do，英语需用mulling over doing。
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仔细考虑；反复思考
I need some time to mull over your proposal.
我需要一些时间来仔细考虑你的提案。
热红酒；香料热饮酒
The smell of mulled wine filled the room at the Christmas market.
圣诞市场上弥漫着热红酒的香气。
仔细考虑，斟酌
She mulled over the offer for a few days before deciding.
她仔细考虑了这个提议好几天才做出决定。
反复思考，琢磨
He spent the whole morning mulling around the problem.
他花了整个上午反复思考这个问题。
在心中反复思量
I mulled over in my mind what she had said.
我在心中反复思量她说过的话。
金泰尔海角，哦，海上飘来的雾，我永远渴望留在这里，哦，金泰尔海角。
In Paul McCartney's song 'Mull of Kintyre', he sings about his love for the place, and fans often mull over the meaning of its lyrics.
在保罗·麦卡特尼的歌曲《金泰尔海角》中，他唱出对那个地方的热爱，乐迷们常常反复琢磨歌词的含义。
Use mulls naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
mull 有两个 l，像两条腿来回踱步：边走动边反复想，就是“细想、深思熟虑”。
语域：neutral 常见场景：Scottish place names、geography and travel 该义项主要用于苏格兰地名，如 Isle of Mull（马尔岛）或 Mull of Kintyre（金泰尔角）。作为普通名词在现代英语中很少单独使用，多出现在固定专有名词里。语体上通常比较中性，正式与非正式场合都可能遇到，但实际使用中几乎总是指具体的岛屿或海角。
发音对比：mull /mʌl/ 与 dull、hull、gull、null、skull、cull 押韵（均为 /ʌl/）。注意拼写相似的 pull /pʊl/、full /fʊl/、bull /bʊl/ 发 /ʊl/，并不与 mull 押韵。
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