millstone的中文翻译是什么意思
millstone
n. 磨; 磨石; 粉碎器; 重担
millstone的柯林斯释义
N-COUNT磨石；磨盘
A millstone is 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 as a millstone or a millstone around your neck, you mean that it is a very unpleasant problem or responsibility that you cannot escape from.
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。
millstone的英文释义
Noun
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
millstone的场景例句
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.