millstone
英 [ˈmɪlstəʊn] 美 [ˈmɪlstoʊn]

n.

磨；磨石；粉碎器；重担

变形

复数：millstones

英英释义

millstone[ 'milstəun ]

• n.
  • (figurative) something that hinders or handicaps

    同义词：albatross

  • any load that is difficult to carry
  • one of a pair of heavy flat disk-shaped stones that are rotated against one another to grind the grain

双语例句

用作名词(n.)

1. He is picking the surface of a millstone.
   他正在凿磨石面。
2. Didn't a woman throw an upper millstone on him from the wall, so that he died in Thebez?
   岂不是一个妇人从城上抛下一块上磨石来，打在他身上，他就死在提备斯吗？
3. His son is a millstone around his neck.
   他的儿子是他的重担。

权威例句

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The Roman Millstone Trade: A Petrological Sketch
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Twenty-five years ago in Genetics: electrophoresis in the development of evolutionary genetics: milestone or millstone?
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