单词:millstone
音标:['milstәun] ;
n. 磨石, 磨难, 重担
n. any load that is difficult to carry
n. one of a pair of heavy flat disk-shaped stones that are rotated against one another to grind the grain
n. one of a pair of heavy flat disk-shaped stones that are rotated against one another to grind the grain
词型变化:名词复数形式 : millstones
词性分布:
millstone的用法和样例:
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。
词汇搭配
- between the upper and nether millstone在上下两片磨石之间,...
- a millstone round one's neck套在身上的沉重负担...
- fix a millstone about one's neck把磨石套在脖子上...
- millstone grit磨石砂砾
- millstone mill磨石碾磨机,盘磨,石...
- bottom millstone[机] 底石, 底梁...
- upper millstone上磨盘
- a millstone about one's neck重大的责任
- see into a millstone眼光锐利(明察秋毫)...
- millstone cutter磨盘上的刻槽...
- hang a millstone round one's neck把磨石套在脖子上...
- have a millstone about one's neck把磨石套在脖子上...
- fix a millstone round one's neck把磨石套在脖子上...
- have a millstone round one's neck把磨石套在脖子上...
- hard as the nether millstone冷酷无情的
- as hard as the nether millstone铁石心肠的
- look into a millstone具有特殊的洞察力,有...
- see through a millstone眼光锐利(明察秋毫)...
- look through a millstone明察秋毫
经典引文
109 Holden Road was a millstone rather than an asset.
出自:F. WeldonThe problems of Ethiopia and its hapless peoples, caught between the millstones of natural disaster and international politics.
出自:B. Geldof
【近义词】
- weight重量
- albatross信天翁
- burden负担
- dead weight静负载
- load负荷
- shackle手铐
- abrasive磨料
- oppression压抑
- chain束缚
- responsibility责任
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