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

• Casting Process for Heavy Gear Ring of Raw Material Millstones Used for Cement Plant
  水泥厂原料磨大齿圈铸造技术
• Today, millstones of the same shape are still being used.
  至今同一形制的磨盘还在使用。
• The life of the millstones is a crucial in the paper making field, which has an effect on the state of the product line, product efficiency, enterprise profit and product quality.
  造纸机械中的磨浆机磨盘寿命高低是决定整个造纸生产线运行状态、生产效率、企业利润和产品质量的关键因素。
• A coarse hard sandstone used for making grindstones and millstones. pumpellyite-prehnite-quartz facies
  砂石一种用来做磨石或石磨的粗而硬的砂石绿纤石－葡萄石－石英相
• When these poor creatures grow to be men, the millstones of the social order meet them and crush them, but so long as they are children, they escape because of their smallness.
  这种可怜的小把戏，一旦成了人，几乎总要遭受社会秩序这个磨盘的碾压，但是，只要他们还是孩子，个儿小，就可以逃过。
• Millstones grind up cereals into powders. Sieve out the coarse grains. Then the real flour food appears.
  石磨将谷物研成粉末，再用筛过滤掉粗粒杂质，真正意义上的面食才得以出现。
• 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。
• 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。
• Women are millstones around their necks.
  女人就像他们脖子上的石子。