資料來源 : pyDict
磨石;重擔,負擔
資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Millstone \Mill"stone`\, n.
One of two circular stones used for grinding grain or other
substance.
No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone to
pledge. --Deut. xxiv.
6.
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.
{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, or through, {a millstone}, to see into or
through a difficult matter. (Colloq.)
資料來源 : WordNet®
millstone
n 1: (figurative) something that hinders or handicaps; "she was
an albatross around his neck" [syn: {albatross}]
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