“模具”常见的英文表达是 mold(美式)或 mould(英式) ,读音分别为 /moʊld/ 和 /məʊld/ 。
This mold is used to shape plastic products.(这个模具用于塑造塑料制品。)
The worker carefully removed the finished product from the mould.(工人小心地从模具中取出成品。)
此外,在特定行业语境中,还有其他说法:
die:在金属加工和冲压行业中,“die”也常用来表示“模具” ,例如“stamping die”(冲压模具) 。
formwork:主要用于建筑行业,指“模板;模具” ,例如“The formwork for the concrete column was removed after it had set.”(混凝土柱凝固后,拆除了它的模板。)