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millstone

英 [ˈmɪlstəʊn]

美 [ˈmɪlstoʊn]

n.  磨石; 磨盘

复数:millstones 

BNC.21046 / COCA.29411

习惯用语

    n.

      a millstone around/round your neck
    • 难以摆脱的沉重负担
      a difficult problem or responsibility that it seems impossible to solve or get rid of
    • My debts are a millstone around my neck.
      债务成了我难以摆脱的负担。

    牛津词典

      noun

      • 磨石;磨盘
        one of two flat round stones used, especially in the past, to crush grain to make flour

        柯林斯词典

        • 磨石;磨盘
          Amillstoneis a large, flat, round stone which is one of a pair of stones used to grind grain into flour.
          1. PHRASE 重担;重负;累赘
            If you describe something asa millstoneora millstone aroundyourneck, you mean that it is a very unpleasant problem or responsibility that you cannot escape from.
            1. For today's politicians, the treaty is becoming a millstone...
              对于今天的政客而言,这个条约正在变成一个包袱。
            2. That contract proved to be a millstone around his neck.
              那个合同结果成了他的一个负担。

          英英释义

          noun

          • one of a pair of heavy flat disk-shaped stones that are rotated against one another to grind the grain
            1. any load that is difficult to carry
              1. (figurative) something that hinders or handicaps
                1. she was an albatross around his neck
                Synonym:albatross

              双语例句

              • Broad scope of application cowboy cotton fabrics, tweed fabrics, cotton fabrics, can produce light gather different millstone, and faded to hair polishing.
                适用范围广泛应用于牛仔棉织物、斜纹织物、轻聚棉织物等可产生不同的磨石、去毛抛光及褪色等。
              • If the grain of millet beneath the millstone had thoughts, it would, doubtless, think that same thing which Jean Valjean thought.
                假使磨盘底下的黍粒有思维的能力,它所想的也许就是冉阿让所想的了。
              • Lloyd is a big millstone around our neck, says one managing director who asked not to be quoted by name. People are tired of his management style and I think people want a change.
                一位要求匿名的董事总经理说,人们厌倦了他的管理风格,我想人们希望看到一场改变。
              • The mortgage on his house had become a millstone around his neck, leaving him very little money for anything else.
                他房子的抵押贷款成为套在他脖子上的沉重负担,他几乎没有钱买其他东西。
              • The lower millstone grinds as well as the upper.
                低磨高磨,一样可以磨。
              • A golden bird takes wing with a chain in one claw, red slippers in the other, and a millstone round its neck.
                只金色鸟儿展翅翱翔,一只脚抓着金链子,另一只脚抓着红色拖鞋,脖子上还挂着磨石。
              • The most ancient millstone was unearthed just nearby.
                附近曾经出土过最古老的石磨盘。
              • I can see into a millstone, as the saying is.
                我正如俗语所说的一般能够洞察石磨。
              • The heavy millstone leaves him flat.
                沉重的磨石将他砸扁。
              • And a certain woman cast a piece of a millstone upon Abimelech's head, and all to brake his skull.
                有一个妇人把一块上磨石抛在亚比米勒的头上,打破了他的脑骨。