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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

              • 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。