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. - 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.- 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。 - That contract proved to be a millstone around his neck.
那个合同结果成了他的一个负担。
- For today's politicians, the treaty is becoming a millstone...
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
- any load that is difficult to carry
- (figurative) something that hinders or handicaps
- she was an albatross around his neck
双语例句
- 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。 - That mortgage has been like a millstone round my neck.
那笔抵押借款像是套在我脖子上的沉重负担。 - 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。 - His lazy son is a millstone round his neck. Mortal body death narration is contrary to that mentioned above, it is the coordinate for us to self-examine body turning.
他那懒散的儿子是套在他身上的一个沉重负担。肉身化叙事则与之相反,是我们反思身体转向的重要坐标。 - 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。 - The heavy millstone leaves him flat.
沉重的磨石将他砸扁。 - That contract proved to be a millstone around his neck.
那个合同结果成了他的一个负担。 - Her lazy husband is a millstone round her neck.
她的懒丈夫成了她的一个包袱。 - His lazy son, who refuses to do any work, is a millstone round his neck.
他那个什么活也不愿意做的懒儿子,实在是他的大包袱。