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

• This jobis a millstone around my neck.
  这个工作简直对我是一种负担。
• That contract proved to be a millstone around his neck.
  那个合同结果成了他的一个负担。
• His lazy son is a millstone round his neck.
  我欠的债像是在脖子上套著个磨盘。
• 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, 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。
• 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 heavy millstone leaves him flat.
  沉重的磨石将他砸扁。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。