millstone

英 [ˈmɪlstəʊn]

美 [ˈmɪlstoʊn]

n. 磨石; 磨盘

复数：millstones　

BNC.21046 / COCA.29411

习惯用语

a millstone around/round your neck

难以摆脱的沉重负担
a difficult problem or responsibility that it seems impossible to solve or get rid of
My debts are a millstone around my neck.
债务成了我难以摆脱的负担。

noun

磨石；磨盘
one of two flat round stones used, especially in the past, to crush grain to make flour

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。

noun

one of a pair of heavy flat disk-shaped stones that are rotated against one another to grind the grain
any load that is difficult to carry
(figurative) something that hinders or handicaps
1. she was an albatross around his neck
Synonym:albatross

It was originally named Millstone Hill for its circular shape.
古名磨儿山，形圆如磨，故名。
That mortgage has been like a millstone round my neck.
那笔抵押借款像是套在我脖子上的沉重负担。
The debt becomes an even bigger millstone round the poor man's neck.
这笔债变成套在这穷人脖子上的更沉重的负担。
Her lazy husband is a millstone round her neck.
她的懒丈夫成了她的一个包袱。
Opening the sacks and keeping an eye on the millstone crushing the corn.
打开麻袋，守着石磨碾碎玉米的一番情景。
His lazy son is a millstone round his neck.
我欠的债像是在脖子上套著个磨盘。
His lazy son, who refuses to do any work, is a millstone round his neck.
他那个什么活也不愿意做的懒儿子，实在是他的大包袱。
And as she went out the door, crash! the bird threw the millstone on her head, and it crushed her to death.
她刚一出去，小鸟把磨石扔到了她的头上，将她砸得粉碎。
If the grain of millet beneath the millstone had thoughts, it would, doubtless, think that same thing which Jean Valjean thought.
假使磨盘底下的黍粒有思维的能力，它所想的也许就是冉阿让所想的了。
It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he cast into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones.
就是把磨石拴在这人的颈项上、丢在海里、还强如他把这小子里的一个绊倒了。