millstone的意思

millstone

英式音标['mɪlston]
美式英标['mɪlstəʊn]

基本解释

n. 磨石；重担

中文词源

millstone 磨坊磨石

mill,磨坊，stone,石头。

英文词源

millstone (n.): Old English mylenstan, from mill (n.1) + stone (n.). Figurative sense of "a burden" (1720) is from Matt. xviii:6.

实用例句

1. That contract proved to be a millstone around his neck.: 那个合同结果成了他的一个负担。

2. 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。

3. His lazy son is a millstone round his neck.: 他那懒散的儿子是套在他身上的一个沉重负担.

4. That mortgage has been like a millstone round my neck.: 那笔抵押借款像是套在我脖子上的沉重负担.

5. His son is a millstone around [ about ] his neck.: 他的儿子是他的重担((犹如系于他脖子上的石磨般沉重)).

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