millstones

英 [ˈmɪlstəʊnz]

美 [ˈmɪlˌstoʊnz]

n.  磨石; 磨盘
millstone的复数

柯林斯词典

• 磨石；磨盘
  Amillstoneis 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 asa millstoneora millstone aroundyourneck, you mean that it is a very unpleasant problem or responsibility that you cannot escape from.
  1. 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。
  2. That contract proved to be a millstone around his neck.
     那个合同结果成了他的一个负担。

双语例句

• The sails had kept turning, but the millstones had nothing to grind.
  还有风车翼的叽嘎声，以及磨坊主人的叫喊声。风车翼虽仍继续转动，但石磨却没东西可磨。
• The tools introduced include drill, millstones, reamer, grinding head, grinding wheel, grinding shaft.
  主要介绍的工具有：钻咀（头）、磨盘、铰刀、磨头、磨轮、磨轴。
• Millstones-The mutual converse of human society.
  磨石－会上人与人之间彼此的交流。
• Millstones grind up cereals into powders. Sieve out the coarse grains. Then the real flour food appears.
  石磨将谷物研成粉末，再用筛过滤掉粗粒杂质，真正意义上的面食才得以出现。
• I will banish from them the sounds of joy and gladness, the voices of bride and bridegroom, the sound of millstones and the light of the lamp.
  我又要使欢喜和快乐的声音，新郎和新妇的声音，推磨的声音和灯的亮光，从他们中间止息。
• Do not take a pair of millstones not even the upper one as security for a debt, because that would be taking a man's livelihood as security.
  不可拿人的全盘磨石或是上磨石作当头，因为这是拿人的命作当头。
• A coarse hard sandstone used for making grindstones and millstones. pumpellyite-prehnite-quartz facies
  砂石一种用来做磨石或石磨的粗而硬的砂石绿纤石－葡萄石－石英相
• Today, millstones of the same shape are still being used.
  至今同一形制的磨盘还在使用。
• Casting Process for Heavy Gear Ring of Raw Material Millstones Used for Cement Plant
  水泥厂原料磨大齿圈铸造技术
• A strong yen and competition from lower-cost manufacturers elsewhere in Asia have turned the products that once underpinned their success into financial millstones.
  日元强势以及来自亚洲其他国家低成本制造商的竞争，让一度支持它们取得成功的产品成为财务上的重担。