音标:['milstәun] ;
n. 磨石, 磨难, 重担
n. any load that is difficult to carry
n. one of a pair of heavy flat disk-shaped stones that are rotated against one another to grind the grain
词型变化:名词复数形式 : millstones
词性分布:
名词100%

millstone的用法和样例:

例句

用作名词(n.)
  1. He is picking the surface of a millstone.他正在凿磨石面。
  2. Didn't a woman throw an upper millstone on him from the wall, so that he died in Thebez?岂不是一个妇人从城上抛下一块上磨石来,打在他身上,他就死在提备斯吗?
  3. His son is a millstone around his neck.他的儿子是他的重担。

词汇搭配

  • between the upper and nether millstone在上下两片磨石之间,...
  • a millstone round one's neck套在身上的沉重负担...
  • fix a millstone about one's neck把磨石套在脖子上...
  • millstone grit磨石砂砾
  • millstone mill磨石碾磨机,盘磨,石...
  • bottom millstone[机] 底石, 底梁...
  • upper millstone上磨盘
  • a millstone about one's neck重大的责任
  • see into a millstone眼光锐利(明察秋毫)...
  • millstone cutter磨盘上的刻槽...
  • hang a millstone round one's neck把磨石套在脖子上...
  • have a millstone about one's neck把磨石套在脖子上...
  • fix a millstone round one's neck把磨石套在脖子上...
  • have a millstone round one's neck把磨石套在脖子上...
  • hard as the nether millstone冷酷无情的
  • as hard as the nether millstone铁石心肠的
  • look into a millstone具有特殊的洞察力,有...
  • see through a millstone眼光锐利(明察秋毫)...
  • look through a millstone明察秋毫

经典引文

  • 109 Holden Road was a millstone rather than an asset.

    出自:F. Weldon
  • The problems of Ethiopia and its hapless peoples, caught between the millstones of natural disaster and international politics.

    出自:B. Geldof
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