millstone

FREQ #36216

n. 磨石, 磨难, 重担

发音

UK /ˈmɪlstəʊn/
AU
US /ˈmɪlˌstoʊn/

词形变化

millstones 复数 millstones

别名

mill-stone

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A large round stone used for grinding grain.

    石磨

    磨石

  2. 2.

    A coarse-grained sandstone used for making such stones; millstone grit.

    地质
  3. 3.

    Ellipsis of millstone around one's neck, a heavy responsibility that is difficult to bear (referring to Matthew 18:6 in the Bible).

    比喻

    Paying the mortgage every month is a millstone round their necks.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

albatross

上位词 10

check stone load burden loading handicap impediment deterrent hindrance balk

整体词 1

gristmill

相关短语

millstone round one's neck millstone around one's neck millstone grit millstone grits Millstone Grit burr millstone see into a millstone 目光锐利,看穿一切 lava millstone see through a millstone hard as the nether millstone sees into a millstone seeing into a millstone saw into a millstone seen into a millstone sees through a millstone

词源

From Middle English mylneston, milneston, from Old English mylenstān (“millstone”), from Proto-West Germanic *mulīnu + *stain; equivalent to mill + stone; cognate with Danish møllesten, Middle Dutch molensteen (modern Dutch molensteen), West Frisian molestien, Norwegian Bokmål møllestein, Old Saxon mulinstēn (Middle Low German mȫlenstēn), Old High German mulinstein, mülstein (Middle High German mülstein, modern German Mühlstein).

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