磨石

Sophie and Michael and the dog-man stood and watched yard after yard of blue or silver fabric proceed across the floor, decorated with an occasional silver button the size of a millstone and enormous, regular, ropelike stitches.

苏菲、马鲁克和狗人站着，看到一码又一码的蓝银色布料在地板上行进，偶尔有大如磨石的的纽扣及巨大、规则、粗如绳索的缝线点缀其中，怕不绵延有一里长！

This book recaptures Sunday afternoons, stimulates curiosity, and makes for great father-son activities.

他们在书中解释如何建造一间树屋，如何捉鱼、磨石以及制作弹弓。

However hard you may rub a grain of gold against a grindstone, still a bit of it always remains.

无论你多么努力地用旋转磨石去磨一颗金色的谷粒，总是会有少许的金留在上面。

It was tempting to say that Sept.11 changed all that, just as it is tempting to say that every hero needs a villain, and good needs evil as its grinding stone.

It是诱人地说， 9.11改变了这一切，只是因为它是诱人地说，每一个英雄需要一个恶棍，邪恶的和良好的需要作为其研磨石。

And some are caused because the grinding stone the grain grade is not reasonable or not polished so well.

肉眼看来光洁如镜的花岗石石材的表面，在反光显微镜下和扫描电子显微镜下可以看出石材表面都存在在磨抛加工后所留下的凹坑和条痕，这些凹坑和条痕有的是在目前的加工条件下无法克服的由矿物本身的缺陷而造成的，有的则是因为在加工过程中由于磨石粗细等级不合理或磨抛不彻底所造成的。

He is between the upper and the nether millstones and is hence ground to dust.

劳动者就像被夹在上下两块磨石之间，最终被碾成粉末。

Millstones - The mutual converse of human society.

磨石－社会上人与人之间彼此的交流。

This usage of mill comes from the resemblance of the cattle's circular motion to the action of millstones.

Mill 的这种用法来自牛群绕圈跑与磨石运作的相似之处。

A coarse hard sandstone used for making grindstones and millstones.

砂石：一种用来做磨石或石磨的粗而硬的砂石

A Millstones, grindstones or other articles of Chapter 68;......

第六十八章的磨石、砥石或其他制品；。

The split between the two groups can hardly be papered over.

这两个团体间的分歧难以掩饰。

This approach not only encourages a greater number of responses, but minimizes the likelihood of stale groupthink.

这种做法不仅鼓励了更多的反应，而且减少跟风的可能性。