首页英语词典millstonemillstone英英释意

millstone

英 ['mɪlstəʊn] 美['mɪlston]
  • n. 磨石;重担

英英释意


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