单词	millstone
释义	millstonemill‧stone /ˈmɪlstəʊn $ -stoʊn/ noun [countable] Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS At the mercy of this resentment, this hateful millstone envy of the Calibans of this world. He could choreograph for the company that was coming to feel like a millstone, and he could tour. In the centre was inset yet another millstone seeded with yellow stone-crop. It regulated the output but not the power of a millstone. Now the speculators have hit hard times and are desperately trying to off-load the cars which have become millstones around their necks. Paradoxically, Anthea now threatened to become a millstone to drag him down. These colonies are millstones around our necks, as a noble lord of my acquaintance once said. This particular heritage may be a millstone around the neck of scientific natural history. word sets WORD SETS► Mechanical ball bearing, nounbelt, nouncog, nouncombustion chamber, nounconveyor belt, nouncoolant, nouncooling system, nouncrank, verbdifferential, noundisengage, verbdismantle, verbdrive, nounfour-stroke engine, nounfuel cell, nounfulcrum, noungear, nounheat pump, nounhydraulic, adjectiveinertia, nounmechanical, adjectivemechanical engineering, nounmill, nounmillstone, nounmillwheel, nounmomentum, nounmotive, adjectiveneutral, nounnuclear reactor, nounoil pan, nounpivot, nounpropulsion, nounpulley, nounpump, nounrace, verbratchet, nounreactor, nounregulate, verbretract, verbrev, verbrev, nounrotor, nounselector, nounstarter motor, nounstress, nounstressed, adjectivestrip, verbsump, nounsupercharged, adjectivetemplate, nountop gear, nountorque, nountwo-stroke, adjectiveuniversal joint, nounvalve, nounwheel, nounwinch, nounwindlass, noun Phrases PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► a millstone round/around somebody’s neck This particular heritage may be a millstone around the neck of scientific natural history. 1one of the two large circular stones that crush grain into flour in a mill2a millstone round/around somebody’s neck something that causes a lot of problems for someone, and that they cannot get rid of:  Inflation is still a millstone round the neck of British businesses.
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