Word · Frequency #21046
Fully loadedmillstone
磨石；磨盘
a large round stone used for grinding grain
- 1.
A large round stone used for grinding grain.
用于研磨谷物的大型圆形石磨。
- 2.
(figurative) something that hinders or handicaps
(比喻)阻碍或拖累的东西
- 3.
A coarse-grained sandstone used for making such stones; millstone grit.
用于制作石磨的粗粒砂岩；磨石砂岩。
- 4.
any load that is difficult to carry
难以承受的负担
- 5.
one of a pair of heavy flat disk-shaped stones that are rotated against one another to grind the grain
一对重的平盘状石头之一,互相旋转以磨谷物
负担；障碍；累赘；磨石砂岩；磨石砂层；用于研磨谷物的大型圆形石磨。；(比喻)阻碍或拖累的东西；用于制作石磨的粗粒砂岩；磨石砂岩。
In use
The old millstone was too heavy for one person to lift.
In the museum, we saw millstones that were once used to grind corn.
The villagers repaired the broken millstone so the mill could work again.
a millstone around one's neck
常用比喻，指难以摆脱的负担或障碍。
The old factory has become a millstone around the town's neck.
那座老工厂已成为这座城镇的沉重负担。
be a millstone to/for somebody
较正式的比喻用法，表示“对……是累赘”。
Her debts were a millstone for the whole family.
她的债务是全家人沉重的负担。
grind something with a millstone
本义用法；millstone 也指一对磨盘中旋转的那块石盘。
Connections
Collocations
- a millstone around one's neck
- 沉重的负担；甩不掉的累赘
- The failed business became a millstone around his neck.那家失败的生意成了他的沉重负担。
- a millstone of debt
- 沉重的债务负担
- The country was trapped under a millstone of debt.这个国家被沉重的债务负担压得喘不过气来。
- grind grain with a millstone
- 用磨石磨谷物
- The villagers still grind grain with a millstone.村民仍然用石磨磨谷物。
- turn the millstone
- 转动石磨；推磨
- An old donkey turned the millstone in the yard.一头老驴在院子里转动着磨盘。
- millstone grit
- 磨石砂岩（一种粗粒砂岩）
- The cliffs are made of millstone grit.这些悬崖由磨石砂岩构成。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
millstone 拆开是 mill（磨坊）+ stone（石头）：磨坊里沉重的磨石，转不动就成了拖累人的负担。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：historical or agricultural description of grain milling、figurative idiom for a heavy burden 这个词作为名词，字面义“磨盘/磨石”通常用于历史、农业或工业描述；比喻义“累赘、沉重负担”比较常见于文学或口语中，常用搭配如 a millstone around one's neck。具体语气取决于语境。
Pronunciation & Spelling
Words ending in -one are pronounced /oʊn/ in stone, tone, phone, bone, throne, and alone, matching the final -stone in millstone. Beware lookalikes done, gone, and none, which are spelled with -one but pronounced /dʌn/, /ɡɔːn/ (or /ɡɑːn/), and /nʌn/.
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