millstone
美 [ˈmɪlˌstoʊn] 
英 [ˈmɪlˌstəʊn]
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复数：millstones 同义词
英汉双解
1. | 磨石；磨盘one of two flat round stones used, especially in the past, to crush grain to make flour |
习惯用语
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。 |
英汉解释
英英解释
例句
He's been thinking of furthering his studies abroad but, his aged mother, his wife and the children all become a millstone around his neck.
他一直打算出国留学，可是年迈的老母亲妻子和孩子成了他的沉重包袱。
This election process has been a boon for news sites and the equivalent of a 'millstone around the neck' for people like me.
这次大选为雅虎这家新闻网站带来了实惠，但也为像我一样的人们带来了沉重的负担。
You know how selfish your brother is--if he comes to live with us he'll be a millstone round our neck.
你知道你兄弟有多自私——要是他来跟我们住在一起，他将成为我们的沉重负担。
As he ran through the front door the millstone jumped down and struck him dead.
当他走到门口时，磨盘从门上落了下来，一下把他砸死了。
And as she went out the door, crash! the bird threw the millstone on her head, and it crushed her to death.
她刚一出去，小鸟把磨石扔到了她的头上，将她砸得粉碎。
a woman dropped an upper millstone on his head and cracked 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。
Some may question whether this will be too much - that it will become a financial millstone around the Beijing municipal government's neck.
有人难免会质疑这笔开销是否过于庞大，从而使北京市政府背上沉重的财政负担。
Present's society is anything, was not before rich can cause the ghost to turn a millstone, but was rich can cause to rub pushes the ghost.
现在的社会是什么，不是以前的有钱能使鬼推磨而是有钱能使磨推鬼。
You are running your head against a millstone in trying to finish the job within two days.
你想在两天之内完成这项工作是企图不可能的事罢了。
53And a certain woman cast a piece of a millstone upon Abimelech's head, and all to 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。
That is quite a millstone to carry in a knowledge-based economy.
这可真是一个知识经济时代的沉重负担。
His heart is as firm as a stone; Yea, firm as the nether millstone.
他的心结实如石头，如下磨石那样结实。
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。
Bush -- the very policies that Democrats hoped to use as a millstone to drag them down.
民主党正是希望把这些政策当作一个磨盘压在共和党身上，让它抬不起头来。
The three abrasive rollers are distributed at the roller path of the millstone uniformly, and are fixedly to the loading rack.
三个磨辊均分布于磨盘辊道上，并铰固在加载架上。
The lower millstone grinds as well as the upper .
低磨高磨，一样可以磨。
That, they suggest, means the household name could end up being a millstone around Google's neck.
他们认为，这就意味着YouTube这个家喻户晓的品牌可能最终成为Google的沉重包袱。
Health care for company pensioners, long a millstone, was transferred to union-run trusts.
公司退休人员的健康保健，经过长时间的工作，被转至工会经营的信托机构。
In the meantime, Canada's erstwhile geographical advantage is, for now, its millstone.
与此同时，加拿大昔日的地理优势目前竟成了它的重负。
The loans they bought from the big banks a decade ago are still a millstone around their necks.
10年前从大型银行买入的不良贷款仍是套在他们脖子上的沉重负担。
Someone dubbed it "the military strategies on the millstone. "
后来曾有人风趣地称为：磨盘上布下雄兵百万。
No man shall take the mill or the upper millstone to pledge; for he taken a man's life to pledge.
不可拿债务人的磨石作抵押，因为这等于剥夺了他的生计。
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。
My debts were like a millstone round my neck.
我欠的债像是在脖子上套著个磨盘。
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。
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。
No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone to pledge: for he taketh a man's life to pledge.
不可拿人的全盘磨石或是上磨石作当头，因为这是拿人的命作当头。
That mortgage has a millstone round my neck.
那个抵押使的背上了沉重的包袱。
The deals were a millstone around Mbeki's neck, and so began the cover-up.
这些军火交易成了姆贝基颈上的枷锁，遮掩工作于是开始上演。
His lazy son is a millstone round his neck.
他懒惰的儿子是套在他颈上的重担。
This job is a millstone around my neck.
这个工作简直对我是一种负担
His son is a millstone around his neck.
他的儿子是他的重担。
Where do you buy this millstone?
你的磨石那里买的？。
Set up a strong district of millstone persimmon so as to increase the harvest and farmers'income
打造磨盘柿产业强区促进农民增收致富
Applied Research on the Pre-grinding Technology with a Standing Millstone of Grainy Furnace Slag
粒化高炉矿渣立式磨预粉磨技术应用研究
Impact of Corn Straw Millstone's Structure and Motion Parameters on Crushing Capability
玉米秸秆粉碎装置结构、运动参数对粉碎性能的影响
Between the upper and nether millstone
在上下两片磨石之间
A great millstone were fastened around your neck
大磨石拴在颈项上
Experiment on lower top pruning of millstone persimmon
磨盘柿落头修剪试验
Stone Pestle and Millstone in the Neolithic Period
新石器时代的石杵、石磨盘。
