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millstone
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
plural millstones
plural millstones
Learner's definition of MILLSTONE
[count]
1
: either one of two large, round stones used for grinding grain in a mill（磨坊中的）磨石，磨盘
2
: a problem or responsibility that does not go away and that makes it difficult or impossible to do or achieve something磨难；重担
- College loans can quickly become a millstone for students.大学助学贷款可能很快就成为学生的重担。
- The scandal has become a political millstone.这件丑闻成了一个政治绊脚石。
- The scandal has been a millstone around her neck.那件丑闻一直是她难以摆脱的负担。
millstone
noun
mill·stone ˈmil-ˌstōn 
Example Sentences
College loans can quickly become a millstone for students. The scandal has become a political millstone. The scandal has been a millstone around her neck.
Recent Examples on the Web Washington swing has been Hart’s touchstone, but never a millstone that kept him from mastering another approach. 
Washington Post, 26 Mar. 2022 Britons were taught—and many still believe—that slavery had never been a foundation of their country’s commercial prosperity but was a millstone that needed to be removed so capitalism could truly flourish. Howard W. French, The New York Review of Books, 10 Apr. 2021 The case brought by Talonya Adams remains a political millstone for Hobbs, who in 2015 was the state Senate Democratic leader and is now running for governor. Kaely Monahan, The Arizona Republic, 16 Dec. 2021 Yet those same high prices can be a political millstone. Xander Peters, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 Dec. 2021 The overall student debt in the US has now built up to a staggering $1.57 trillion, acting as a financial millstone to an entire generation. Mike Swigunski, Forbes, 11 Nov. 2021 That deal proved a millstone that helped push Detroit off the rebuild cliff. BostonGlobe.com, 5 Nov. 2021 His American assets were suddenly a millstone around his neck. Casey Michel, Rolling Stone, 8 Oct. 2021 McAuliffe, a former political fundraiser and Democratic National Committee chairman, has his own presidential millstone in Biden’s sinking approval ratings. Washington Post, 23 Sep. 2021 See More
Washington Post, 26 Mar. 2022 Britons were taught—and many still believe—that slavery had never been a foundation of their country’s commercial prosperity but was a millstone that needed to be removed so capitalism could truly flourish. Howard W. French, The New York Review of Books, 10 Apr. 2021 The case brought by Talonya Adams remains a political millstone for Hobbs, who in 2015 was the state Senate Democratic leader and is now running for governor. Kaely Monahan, The Arizona Republic, 16 Dec. 2021 Yet those same high prices can be a political millstone. Xander Peters, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 Dec. 2021 The overall student debt in the US has now built up to a staggering $1.57 trillion, acting as a financial millstone to an entire generation. Mike Swigunski, Forbes, 11 Nov. 2021 That deal proved a millstone that helped push Detroit off the rebuild cliff. BostonGlobe.com, 5 Nov. 2021 His American assets were suddenly a millstone around his neck. Casey Michel, Rolling Stone, 8 Oct. 2021 McAuliffe, a former political fundraiser and Democratic National Committee chairman, has his own presidential millstone in Biden’s sinking approval ratings. Washington Post, 23 Sep. 2021 See More Word History
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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