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单词 millstone
释义

millstone

音标['milst?un]

汉语翻译

n. 磨石, 磨难, 重担
相关词组:
as hard as the nether millstone

英语解释:

名词 millstone:

  1. (figurative) something that hinders or handicaps
    同义词:albatross
  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:

  1. That mortgage has a millstone round my neck.
    那个抵押使的背上了沉重的包袱。
  2. My brother-in-law, who depends on us financially, has been a millstone round my neck ever since we married.
    自从我们结婚以来,我的妻弟一直在经济上依靠我们,成了我们沉重的负担。
  3. My debts were like a millstone round my neck.
    我欠的债像是在脖子上套著个磨盘。
  4. Her lazy husband is a millstone round her neck.
    她的懒丈夫成了她的一个包袱。

详细解释:


mill.stone

n.(名词)
One of a pair of cylindrical stones used in a mill for grinding grain.
磨石:磨坊中碾磨谷物用的一对圆柱形石块之一
A heavy weight; a burden:
重担:沉重的压力;负担:
例句:
This job is a millstone around my neck.
这个工作简直对我是一种负担



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