英语词汇“millstone”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

millstone

/ˈmɪlstəʊn

noun

1Each of two circular stones used for grinding corn.On a more secular level, stone was used for a number of purposes, the most widespread being the manufacture of quern stones and millstones in water-mills....

Then they are ground through three pairs of water-powered millstones, becoming successively finer with each set of stones, and packed into airtight containers for distribution.
He explained that they were the sites where millstones were cut from the outcrops of Millstone Grit.

1.1A heavy and inescapable responsibility: she threatened to become a millstone round his neck...

I felt like a millstone round her neck, her own health problems taking a back seat to my own.
He regarded Holmes as a millstone round his neck, preferring to research and write historical fiction.
The house is lovely but it's a millstone round your neck if you can't make enough money to redecorate it.

Synonyms

burden, unwanted responsibility, encumbrance, dead weight, load, onus;

duty, obligation, liability, trouble, problem, misfortune, affliction;

cross to bear, albatross

archaic cumber

单词	millstone
释义	millstone /ˈmɪlstəʊn / noun 1Each of two circular stones used for grinding corn.On a more secular level, stone was used for a number of purposes, the most widespread being the manufacture of quern stones and millstones in water-mills.... Then they are ground through three pairs of water-powered millstones, becoming successively finer with each set of stones, and packed into airtight containers for distribution. He explained that they were the sites where millstones were cut from the outcrops of Millstone Grit. 1.1A heavy and inescapable responsibility: she threatened to become a millstone round his neck... I felt like a millstone round her neck, her own health problems taking a back seat to my own. He regarded Holmes as a millstone round his neck, preferring to research and write historical fiction. The house is lovely but it's a millstone round your neck if you can't make enough money to redecorate it. Synonyms burden, unwanted responsibility, encumbrance, dead weight, load, onus; duty, obligation, liability, trouble, problem, misfortune, affliction; cross to bear, albatross archaic cumber
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