mill-stone

英['mɪlst'əʊn] 美['mɪlst'əʊn]
  • n.石磨
  • milled adj.(谷物)碾净的动词mill的过去式和过去分词形式.
  • money n.财产;钱;货币
名词 millstone:
  1. (figurative) something that hinders or handicaps

  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

    用作名词 (n.)
    1. Each came from the country, from a peasant household, and had left her mill and calf, her sturdy young husband, to follow some other villager she knew to do business on this boat.
      她们从乡下来,从那些种田挖园的人家,离了乡村,离了石磨同小牛,离了那年青而强健的丈夫,跟随了一个同乡熟人,就来到这船上做生意了。