Loadstone
n. 天然磁石, 有吸引力之物, 吸引人的东西\\n[化] 极磁铁矿; 天然磁石
✅ 同义词
📖 牛津释义
loadstone
(also lodestone), n
(a) [U] magnetic oxide of iron 磁性氧化铁.
(b) [C] piece of this used as a magnet 磁铁
(fig 比喻) She seems to be a loadstone for people in trouble, ie They come to her regularly for help. 对於患难中的人, 她彷佛是一块磁铁（人们常来求助）.
🗣️ 情景例句
Are you carrying any items that need to be declared?
你没有携带需要申报的东西吗？
Let me see. That would be $40.00 a day plus 38 cents a mile.
让我瞧瞧。一天40美元，每英里外加3角8分。
Pierre and I borrowed the money and bought the necklace. During the next ten years we both worked day and night to pay back the money we had borrowed. That's why I now look so old. Well, after all these years we've at last paid back all the money.
我和比尔借了一笔钱，买下了那条项链。在后来的10年时间里，我们两人为了偿还这笔借款不分昼夜地干活。这就是为什么我现在看起来这样老的原因。好了，过了这些年之后，我们终于还清了全部借款。