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millstone

美['mɪlstoʊn]  英['mɪlstəʊn]
n.  磨石;重担
  近义词:weight,albatross,burden,deadweight,load,shackle,abrasive,oppression,chain,responsibility,

英英释义

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

例句

用作名词(n.)
  1. He is picking the surface of a millstone.他正在凿磨石面。
  2. 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?
  3. His son is a millstone around his neck.他的儿子是他的重担。
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