mould

• vi. カビる
• vt.注ぐ；粘土で覆う
• n. カビ
• n.（カビ）人名；（英）Molde

moldのイギリス綴りから。

mould

mould: English has three words mould. By some way the oldest is ‘earth, soil’ [OE], which comes ultimately from the Indo-European base *mel-, *mol-, *ml- ‘grind’ (source also of English meal ‘flour’, mill, etc). Moulder [16] may be derived from it. Mould ‘form’ [13] is assumed to come from Old French modle ‘form, shape, pattern’.

This was descended from Latin modulus ‘small measure’ (source of English module), a diminutive form of modus ‘measure’ (source of English mode, model, etc). Mould ‘fungus’ [15] appears to have originated as an adjective, meaning ‘mouldy’. This in turn was an adjectival use of the past participle of a now obsolete verb moul ‘go mouldy’, which was borrowed from an assumed Old Norse *mugla.
=> meal, mill, molar, moulder; mode, model, mood

mould

chiefly British English spelling of mold in various senses. Related: Moulded; moulding.

1. If damp，musty buildings make you ill， mould is probably the cause.

湿気のあるカビの生えた建物があなたを病気にしたら、カビは病因である可能性が高い。

2.Using 2 spoons, mould the cheese mixture into small balls or ovals.

チーズ混合物を小さじ2本でボールまたは楕円形に成形した。

3.Spoon the mixture carefully into the mould .

混合物をスプーンで丁寧にすくい、型に流し入れる。

4.A clay mould is used for casting bronze statues.

粘土型を用いてブロンズ像を鋳造する。

5.He will mould a child into an excellent basketball player.

彼は子供を立派なバスケットボール選手に育てた。