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.
  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
• any load that is difficult to carry
• (figurative) something that hinders or handicaps
  1. she was an albatross around his neck
  Synonym:albatross

双语例句

• 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。
• The heavy millstone leaves him flat.
  沉重的磨石将他砸扁。
• Then a mighty angel picked up a boulder the size of a large millstone and threw it into the sea
  一支强大的天使，然后拿起一个大磨盘巨石的大小和扔到海里它
• That contract proved to be a millstone around his neck.
  那个合同结果成了他的一个负担。
• The most ancient millstone was unearthed just nearby.
  附近曾经出土过最古老的石磨盘。
• This jobis a millstone around my neck.
  这个工作简直对我是一种负担。
• The lower millstone grinds as well as the upper.
  低磨高磨，一样可以磨。
• 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 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。
• 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。