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

• Women are millstones around their necks.
  女人就像他们脖子上的石子。
• 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。
• Today, millstones of the same shape are still being used.
  至今同一形制的磨盘还在使用。
• Millstones-The mutual converse of human society.
  磨石－会上人与人之间彼此的交流。
• 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。
• 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
• 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。
• Millstones had been cut and laboriously sledged down the rough mountainsides.
  石磨被琢好，然后费力用雪橇运下那崎岖不平的山坡。
• 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。
• 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。