millstone的中文翻譯是什麼意思
millstone
n. 磨; 磨石; 粉碎器; 重擔
millstone的柯林斯釋義
N-COUNT磨石；磨盤
A millstone is a large, flat, round stone which is one of a pair of stones used to grind grain into flour.
PHRASE重擔;重負;累贅
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...
對於今天的政客而言，這個條約正在變成一個包袱。
That contract proved to be a millstone around his neck.
那個合同結果成了他的一個負擔。
millstone的英文釋義
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的場景例句
It regulated the output but not the power of a millstone.
它調節的是石磨的輸出,而不是磨石的馬力.
He's between the upper and nether millstone.
他深受上下夾攻.
His lazy son , who refuses to do any work, is a millstone round his neck.
他那個什麼活也不願意做的懶兒子, 實在是他的大包袱.
His heart is as hard as a stone, Even as hard as a lower millstone.
伯41:24他的心結實如石頭 、 如下磨石那樣結實.
That mortgage have is like a millstone round my neck.
那筆抵押借款像是套在我脖子上的沈重負擔.