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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

              • 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。
              • Mk.9:42 And whoever stumbles one of these little ones who believe into Me, it is better for him if a great millstone is placed around his neck and he is thrown into the sea.
                可九42凡绊跌一个信入我的小子的,倒不如把大磨石套在他的脖子上,把他扔在海里。
              • Nor shall you take as a pledge any person's life, for to do so is to take upon yourself both a mill and a millstone.
                你也不需要对任何人的生活做保证,因为这样只不过是让你自己徒增磨难和重担。
              • But if anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him to have a large millstone hung around his neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea.
                凡使这信我的一个小子跌倒的,倒不如把大磨石拴在这人的颈项上,沉在深海里。
              • Opening the sacks and keeping an eye on the millstone crushing the corn.
                打开麻袋,守着石磨碾碎玉米的一番情景。
              • His lazy son is a millstone round his neck.
                我欠的债像是在脖子上套著个磨盘。
              • The heavy millstone leaves him flat.
                沉重的磨石将他砸扁。
              • The pressure which the support roll roller is uses pair or a group of roller rolls when produces to come the millstone steel products, causes the metal to produce the plastic deformation tool.
                支承辊轧辊是利用一对或一组轧辊滚动时产生的压力来轧碾钢材,使金属产生塑性变形的工具。
              • He's between the upper and nether millstone.
                他深受上下夹攻。
              • The most ancient millstone was unearthed just nearby.
                附近曾经出土过最古老的石磨盘。