English Dictionary

millstone

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈmɪlstəʊn/

名詞

比喩的用法

A large round stone used for grinding grain. / (geology) A coarse-grained sandstone used for making such stones; millstone grit.

日本語の意味

穀物を挽くために使用される大きな円形の石 / （地質学的）ミルストーングリットと呼ばれる、粗い粒子のある砂岩

The old millstone sat in the barn, a silent reminder of the family's hard work.

古い穀物を挽くための大きな丸石が納屋に置かれ、家族の勤勉さを静かに思い出させた。

意味（1）

A large round stone used for grinding grain.

As it is the circular Motion of the Mill-ſtone which brings the Corn out of the Hopper by Jerks, and with a Velocity depending upon that of the Stone, other Grains are always ſucceeding, which raiſe it anew, and the Flower just made being no longer preſs'd is carry'd away into the Boulting Mill by the Circulation of Air that the Mill-ſtone puts into motion, which makes a whirling there.

意味（2）

(geology) A coarse-grained sandstone used for making such stones; millstone grit.

In North America the millstone grit, and a grey sandy and slaty rock beneath it, occur three times; and it is exceedingly difficult to distinguish these rocks in hand specimens, without the aid of organized remains. And remains are almost exclusively confined to the grey rocks. Common quarrymen, farmers, and foreign geologists, apply the names, greywracke and millstone, to all these rocks promiscuously; neither having observed their different relative positions.

意味（3）

(figuratively) Often in a millstone round one's neck (referring to Matthew 18:6 in the Bible): a heavy responsibility that is difficult to bear.

Paying the mortgage every month is a millstone round their necks.

millstones （ plural ）