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millstone

音標['milst?un] 讀音

漢語翻譯


n. 磨石, 磨難, 重擔
相關詞組:
as hard as the nether millstone

英文解釋:

名詞 millstone:

  1. (figurative) something that hinders or handicaps
    同義詞:albatross
  2. any load that is difficult to carry
  3. one of a pair of heavy flat disk-shaped stones that are rotated against one another to grind the grain

例句:

  1. That mortgage has a millstone round my neck.
    那個抵押使的背上了沉重的包袱。
  2. My brother-in-law, who depends on us financially, has been a millstone round my neck ever since we married.
    自從我們結婚以來,我的妻弟一直在經濟上依靠我們,成了我們沉重的負擔
  3. My debts were like a millstone round my neck.
    我欠的債像是在脖子上套著個磨盤。
  4. Her lazy husband is a millstone round her neck.
    她的懶丈夫成了她的一個包袱。

詳細解釋:


mill.stone

n.(名詞)
One of a pair of cylindrical stones used in a mill for grinding grain.
磨石:磨坊中碾磨穀物用的一對圓柱形石塊之一
A heavy weight; a burden:
重擔:沉重的壓力;負擔:
例句:
This job is a millstone around my neck.
這個工作簡直對我是一種負擔

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