| 单词 | millstone |
| 释义 | millstone (once / 4612 pages) n WORD FAMILY millstone: millstones USAGE EXAMPLESLeverage, after all, can become a millstone if things start to go wrong. New York Times(Nov 05, 2016) Lobbies, gerrymandering and divided government have become millstones around our neck. New York Times(Oct 24, 2016) I carried the knowledge like a millstone chained around my neck, my back aching from the emotional weight of bad news not yet imparted. New York Times(Sep 29, 2016) 1n one of a pair of heavy flat disk-shaped stones that are rotated against one another to grind the grain Hyper stone building material consisting of a piece of rock hewn in a definite shape for a special purpose 2n any load that is difficult to carry Hyper burden, load, loading weight to be borne or conveyed 3n (figurative) something that hinders or handicaps Syn|Hyper albatross balk, baulk, check, deterrent, handicap, hinderance, hindrance, impediment something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress |
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