millstones的中文翻譯是什麼意思
millstones
n. 磨( millstone的名詞複數 ); 磨石; 粉碎器; 重擔
millstones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。
millstones的場景例句
But the dead men, sir, hang about your neck like millstones.'
不過, 先生, 那些死人會像磨盤一樣吊在你脖子上的. ”
Millstones had been cut and laboriously sledged down the rough mountainsides.
石磨被琢好,然後費力用雪橇運下那崎嶇不平的山坡.
The sails had kept turning, but the millstones had nothing to grind.
風車翼雖仍繼續轉動, 但石磨卻沒東西可磨.
Young men toil at the millstones; boys stagger under loads of wood.
少年人扛磨石, 孩童背木柴,都絆跌了.
The two pairs of millstones are fed with grain by the hoppers.
從料斗裡順下來的穀物被送進磨石.