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millstone

英 ['mɪlstəʊn] 美['mɪlston]

n. 磨石；重担

近义词 weight abrasive

英英释义

1. (figurative) something that hinders or handicaps;: "she was an albatross around his neck"

2. any load that is difficult to carry

3. one of a pair of heavy flat disk-shaped stones that are rotated against one another to grind the grain

实用场景例句

My debts are a millstone around my neck.: 债务成了我难以摆脱的负担。

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。

That contract proved to be a millstone around his neck.: 那个合同结果成了他的一个负担。

It regulated the output but not the power of a millstone.: 它调节的是石磨的输出,而不是磨石的马力.

He's between the upper and nether millstone.: 他深受上下夹攻.

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.

His heart is as hard as a stone, Even as hard as a lower millstone.: 伯41:24他的心结实如石头、如下磨石那样结实.

That mortgage have is like a millstone round my neck.: 那笔抵押借款像是套在我脖子上的沈重负担.

His son is a millstone around his neck.: 他的儿子是他的重担.

Some people said that, money can cause the ghost to turn a millstone.: 某些人民说那, 金钱能导致鬼魂转动磨石.

He's caught between the upper and nether millstone.: 他陷于困境中.

Where his employees are concerned, the man is hard as the nether millstone.: 对于他的雇员们, 这个人简直是铁石心肠.

Lingtou Village slate mine, Xing's village millstone ore, product quality are excellent, specialty grindstone.: 岭头村石板矿, 兴上村磨石矿, 产品质量均优, 特产磨刀石.

My debts were like a millstone round my neck.: 我欠的债像是在脖子上套着个磨盘.

His son a millstone around [ about ] his neck.: 他的儿子是他的重担((犹如系于他脖子上的石磨般沉重)).

And a certain woman cast a piece of a millstone upon Abimelech's head brake his skull.: 53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.

The sound of a millstone will never be heard in you again.: 推磨的声音在你中间决不能再听见.

The lower millstone grinds as well as the upper.: 低磨高磨,一样可以磨.

His lazy son is a millstone round his neck.: 他那懒散的儿子是套在他身上的一个沉重负担.

He is picking the surface of a millstone.: 他正在凿磨石面.

Her lazy husband is a millstone round her neck.: 她的懒丈夫成了她的一个包袱.

It was originally named Millstone Hill for its circular shape.: 古名磨儿山,形圆如磨,故名.

I can see into a millstone, as the saying be.: 我正如俗语所说的一般能够洞察石磨.

The heavy millstone leaves him flat.: 沉重的磨石将他砸扁.

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.

His son is a millstone around [ about ] his neck.: 他的儿子是他的重担((犹如系于他脖子上的石磨般沉重)).

That mortgage has a millstone round my neck.: 那个抵押使的背上了沉重的包袱.

That contract proved to be a millstone around his neck.: 那个合同结果成了他的一个负担。

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。

中文词源

millstone 磨坊磨石

mill,磨坊，stone,石头。

双语例句

1. That contract proved to be a millstone around his neck.: 那个合同结果成了他的一个负担。

2. 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。

3. His lazy son is a millstone round his neck.: 他那懒散的儿子是套在他身上的一个沉重负担.

4. 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.

5. His son is a millstone around [ about ] his neck.: 他的儿子是他的重担((犹如系于他脖子上的石磨般沉重)).

英文词源

millstone (n.): Old English mylenstan, from mill (n.1) + stone (n.). Figurative sense of "a burden" (1720) is from Matt. xviii:6.

词态变化

复数: millstones;

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