millstone

听听怎么读

英 [ˈmɪlstəʊn]

美 [ˈmɪlstoʊn]

是什么意思

磨；磨石；粉碎器；重担

变形

复数：millstones

英英释义

millstone[ 'milstəun ]

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

学习怎么用

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。

权威例句

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