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  • 英英释义

1. N-COUNT 磨石；磨盘 A millstone is a large, flat, round stone which is one of a pair of stones used to grind grain into flour. 
2. PHRASE 重担;重负;累赘 If you describe something as a millstone or a millstone around your neck, you mean that it is a very unpleasant problem or responsibility that you cannot escape from. 

  • 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。

  • 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

1. (figurative) something that hinders or handicaps;

  • "she was an albatross around his neck"

2. any load that is difficult to carry

3. one of a pair of heavy flat disk-shaped stones that are rotated against one another to grind the grain