millstone 音标拼音: [m'ɪlst
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n . 磨石;重担,负担
磨石;重担,负担
millstone n 1 : (
figurative )
something that hinders or handicaps ; "
she was an albatross around his neck " [
synonym : {
albatross },
{
millstone }]
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 Millstone \
Mill "
stone `\,
n .
One of two circular stones used for grinding grain or other substance in a mill [
1 ].
[
1913 Webster ]
No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone to pledge . --
Deut .
xxiv .
6 .
[
1913 Webster ]
Note :
The cellular siliceous rock called buhrstone is usually employed for millstones ;
also ,
some kinds of lava ,
as that Niedermendig ,
or other firm rock with rough texture .
The surface of a millstone has usually a series of radial grooves in which the powdered material collects .
[
1913 Webster ]
{
Millstone girt } (
Geol .),
a hard and coarse ,
gritty sandstone ,
dividing the Carboniferous from the Subcarboniferous strata .
See {
Farewell rock },
under {
Farewell },
a .,
and Chart of {
Geology }.
{
To see into a millstone }
or {
To see through a millstone },
to see into or through a difficult matter . (
Colloq .)
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1913 Webster ]
54 Moby Thesaurus words for "
millstone ":
bale ,
burden ,
burdening ,
burthen ,
cargo ,
charge ,
charging ,
cheese grater ,
comminutor ,
crusher ,
cumber ,
cumbrance ,
deadweight ,
drag ,
duty ,
encumbrance ,
freight ,
granulator ,
grater ,
grinder ,
handicap ,
incubus ,
incumbency ,
kominuter ,
lading ,
levigator ,
load ,
loading ,
masher ,
mill ,
mortar and pestle ,
nutmeg grater ,
onus ,
oppression ,
overload ,
overtaxing ,
overweighting ,
pestle ,
pressure ,
pulverizer ,
quern ,
quernstone ,
rock crusher ,
roller ,
saddling ,
shredder ,
steamroller ,
superincumbency ,
surcharge ,
task ,
tax ,
taxing ,
triturator ,
weight
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