Tra từ mold - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

mold [mold molds molded molding] (especially US) (BrE, CanE mould)noun, verb BrE [məʊld] NAmE [moʊld]
noun
1. countable a container that you pour a liquid or soft substance into, which then becomes solid in the same shape as the container, for example when it is cooled or cooked
•A clay mold is used for casting bronze statues.
•Pour the chocolate into a heart-shaped mold.
•They broke the mold when they made you (= there is nobody like you).
2. countable, usually singular a particular style showing the characteristics, attitudes or behaviour that are typical of sb/sth
•a hero in the ‘Superman’ mold
•He is cast in a different mold from his predecessor.
•She doesn't fit (into) the traditional mold of an academic.
3. uncountable, countable a fine soft green, grey or black substance like fur that grows on old food or on objects that are left in warm wet air
•There's mold on the cheese.
•molds and fungi
•mold growth
see also ↑leaf mould
Idiom: ↑break the mold

verb
1. transitive to shape a soft substance into a particular form or object by pressing it or by putting it into a ↑mold
•~ A (into B) First, mold the clay into the desired shape.
•~ B (from/out of/in A) The figure had been molded in clay.
2. transitive to strongly influence the way sb's character, opinions, etc. develop
•~ sb/sth The experience had molded and coloured her whole life.
•~ sb/sth into sb/sth He molded them into a superb team.
3. intransitive, transitive ~ (sth) to sth to fit or make sth fit tightly around the shape of sth
•The fabric molds to the body.
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