millstone

millstone读音音标

英 [ˈmɪlstəʊn]

美 [ˈmɪlstoʊn]

millstone意思解释

n.

磨；

磨石；

粉碎器；

重担

变形

复数：millstones

英英释义

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.)He is picking the surface of a millstone.他正在凿磨石面。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？His son is a millstone around his neck.他的儿子是他的重担。