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

• 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。
• 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。
• It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he cast into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones.
  就是把磨石拴在这人的颈项上、丢在海里、还强如他把这小子里的一个绊倒了。
• 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。
• 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。
• He's between the upper and nether millstone.
  他深受上下夹攻。
• It was originally named Millstone Hill for its circular shape.
  古名磨儿山，形圆如磨，故名。
• 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。
• 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。
• And as she went out the door, crash! the bird threw the millstone on her head, and it crushed her to death.
  她刚一出去，小鸟把磨石扔到了她的头上，将她砸得粉碎。