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

• A coarse hard sandstone used for making grindstones and millstones. pumpellyite-prehnite-quartz facies
  砂石一种用来做磨石或石磨的粗而硬的砂石绿纤石－葡萄石－石英相
• Application of Wear-resisting Ductile Iron in Pulp Millstones
  耐磨球铁在纸浆磨盘上的应用
• 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
• 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。
• I will banish from them the sounds of joy and gladness, the voices of bride and bridegroom, the sound of millstones and the light of the lamp.
  我又要使欢喜和快乐的声音，新郎和新妇的声音，推磨的声音和灯的亮光，从他们中间止息。
• 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 tools introduced include drill, millstones, reamer, grinding head, grinding wheel, grinding shaft.
  主要介绍的工具有：钻咀（头）、磨盘、铰刀、磨头、磨轮、磨轴。
• Nowadays, the low life of millstones cannot satisfy the need of the enterprises, and therefore restricts the development of the paper making industry.
  目前极低的磨盘寿命无法满足我国造纸工业蓬勃发展的需求，成为造纸工业技术提高的瓶颈。
• 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。
• Do not take a pair of millstones not even the upper one as security for a debt, because that would be taking a man's livelihood as security.
  不可拿人的全盘磨石或是上磨石作当头，因为这是拿人的命作当头。