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

• I can see into a millstone, as the saying is.
  我正如俗语所说的一般能够洞察石磨。
• His lazy son is a millstone round his neck.
  我欠的债像是在脖子上套著个磨盘。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The lower millstone grinds as well as the upper.
  低磨高磨，一样可以磨。
• Mk.9:42 And whoever stumbles one of these little ones who believe into Me, it is better for him if a great millstone is placed around his neck and he is thrown into the sea.
  可九42凡绊跌一个信入我的小子的，倒不如把大磨石套在他的脖子上，把他扔在海里。
• 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。
• 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。