单词音标:【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:- (figurative) something that hinders or handicaps
同义词:albatross - any load that is difficult to carry
- one of a pair of heavy flat disk-shaped stones that are rotated against one another to grind the grain
例句:- That mortgage has a millstone round my neck.
那个抵押使的背上了沉重的包袱。 - 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。 - My debts were like a millstone round my neck.
我欠的债像是在脖子上套著个磨盘。 - 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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