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。
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。
The heavy millstone leaves him flat.
沉重的磨石将他砸扁。
The pressure which the support roll roller is uses pair or a group of roller rolls when produces to come the millstone steel products, causes the metal to produce the plastic deformation tool.
支承辊轧辊是利用一对或一组轧辊滚动时产生的压力来轧碾钢材，使金属产生塑性变形的工具。
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。
The mortgage on his house had become a millstone around his neck, leaving him very little money for anything else.
他房子的抵押贷款成为套在他脖子上的沉重负担，他几乎没有钱买其他东西。
That contract proved to be a millstone around his neck.
那个合同结果成了他的一个负担。
He's between the upper and nether millstone.
他深受上下夹攻。
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。
The job had been a millstone around her neck.
这份工作是套在她脖子上的沉重负担。