millstone 英 [ˈmɪlstəʊn]   美 [ˈmɪlstoʊn]

millstone

millstone  英 [ˈmɪlstəʊn] 美 [ˈmɪlstoʊn]

n. 磨石;重担 

名词复数:millstones 

And a certain woman cast a piece of a millstone upon Abimelech's head, and all to brake his skull. 有一个妇人把一块上磨石抛在亚比米勒的头上,打破了他的脑骨。
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。

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  • n. 磨石;重担
  • 1. And a certain woman cast a piece of a millstone upon Abimelech's head, and all to brake his skull.

    有一个妇人把一块上磨石抛在亚比米勒的头上,打破了他的脑骨。

  • 2. 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。

  • 3. And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all.

    有一位大力的天使举起一块石头,好像大磨石,扔在海里,说,巴比伦大城,也必这样猛力的被扔下去,不能再见了。

  • millstone (n.) Old English mylenstan, from mill (n.1) + stone (n.). Figurative sense of "a burden" (1720) is from Matthew xviii.6.
mill·stone / ˈmɪlstəʊn ; NAmE ˈmɪlstoʊn / noun one of two flat round stones used, especially in the past, to crush grain to make flour 磨石;磨盘 IDIOM a millstone around/round your ˈneck a difficult problem or responsibility that it seems impossible to solve or get rid of 难以摆脱的沉重负担 My debts are a millstone around my neck. 债务成了我难以摆脱的负担。 millstone millstones mill·stone / ˈmɪlstəʊn ; NAmE ˈmɪlstoʊn /
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