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

• And a certain woman cast a piece of a millstone upon Abimelech's head, and all to brake his skull.
  有一个妇人把一块上磨石抛在亚比米勒的头上，打破了他的脑骨。
• This jobis a millstone around my neck.
  这个工作简直对我是一种负担。
• 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。
• That contract proved to be a millstone around his neck.
  那个合同结果成了他的一个负担。
• Broad scope of application cowboy cotton fabrics, tweed fabrics, cotton fabrics, can produce light gather different millstone, and faded to hair polishing.
  适用范围广泛应用于牛仔棉织物、斜纹织物、轻聚棉织物等可产生不同的磨石、去毛抛光及褪色等。
• The heavy millstone leaves him flat.
  沉重的磨石将他砸扁。
• 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。
• The most ancient millstone was unearthed just nearby.
  附近曾经出土过最古老的石磨盘。
• His lazy son is a millstone round his neck.
  我欠的债像是在脖子上套著个磨盘。
• Lloyd is a big millstone around our neck, says one managing director who asked not to be quoted by name. People are tired of his management style and I think people want a change.
  一位要求匿名的董事总经理说，人们厌倦了他的管理风格，我想人们希望看到一场改变。