millstones n. 磨盘;磨石;[喻]重担(millstone的复数)
- Millstones - The mutual converse of human society.
磨石-社会上人与人之间彼此的交流。 - Do not take a pair of millstones-not even the upper one-as security for a debt, because that would be taking a man's livelihood as security.
不可拿人的全盘磨石或是上磨石作当头,因为这是拿人的命作当头。 - A tough, silicified limestone formerly used to make millstones. It is typified by the presence of multiple cavities that originally housed fossilized shells.
磨石,砂质多孔石灰岩一种坚硬的,硅化石灰石,以前用来制作磨石。具有最初由化石化的贝壳而形成的多孔特征