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

• Take the millstones, and grind meal: uncover thy locks, make bare the leg, uncover the thigh, pass over the rivers.
  你要拿石磨去磨面，你要揭开你的帕子，脱去长裙，露出大腿，渡过江河。
• Nowadays, the low life of millstones cannot satisfy the need of the enterprises, and therefore restricts the development of the paper making industry.
  目前极低的磨盘寿命无法满足我国造纸工业蓬勃发展的需求，成为造纸工业技术提高的瓶颈。
• Application of Wear-resisting Ductile Iron in Pulp Millstones
  耐磨球铁在纸浆磨盘上的应用
• 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。
• Women are millstones around their necks.
  女人就像他们脖子上的石子。
• 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。
• 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。
• Experiment results indicate that the factors affecting the polishing efficiency are millstones granularity, speed, pressure and the area.
  采用较大粒度的磨盘，适当增加转速和压力有利于提高抛光的效率。
• Today, millstones of the same shape are still being used.
  至今同一形制的磨盘还在使用。
• 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。