- Another name for a stone, or hard mineral lump, is a rock. If you turn over a large stone in the forest, you might find a whole colony of worms, beetles, and other creepy-crawlies living underneath.
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- n. 石头
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1. stone walls
石墙
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2. a stone floor
石地板
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3. a pile of stones
一堆石块
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4. He weighs over 15 stone.
他体重超过 15 英石。
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5. Some children were throwing stones into the lake.
几个孩子正朝湖里扔石头。
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6. Most of the houses are built of stone.
这些房子多数是用石头建造的。
- stone (adj.) "made of stone," Old English (which also had stænan "stonen"); see stone (n.). As an intensifying adjective recorded from 1935, first recorded in African-American vernacular, probably from earlier use in phrases like stone blind (late 14c., literally "blind as a stone"), stone deaf, stone-cold (1590s), etc. Stone cold sober dates from 1937.
- stone (n.) Old English stan, used of common rocks, precious gems, concretions in the body, memorial stones, from Proto-Germanic *stainaz (source also of Old Norse steinn, Danish steen, Old Saxon sten, Old Frisian sten, Dutch steen, Old High German stein, German Stein, Gothic stains), from PIE *stoi-no-, suffixed form of root *stai- "stone," also "to thicken, stiffen" (source also of Sanskrit styayate "curdles, becomes hard;" Avestan stay- "heap;" Greek stear "fat, tallow," stia, stion "pebble;" Old Church Slavonic stena, Russian stiena "wall").
- stone (v.) c. 1200, "to pelt with stones," from stone (n.). From c. 1600 as "to fit with stones;" 1630s as "to free from stones" (of fruit, etc.). Related: Stoned; stoning.
stone ★ / stəʊn ; NAmE stoʊn / noun , verb stone stones stoned stoning noun ★ hard substance 硬物质 1 ★ [uncountable ] ( often used before nouns or in compounds 常用于名词前或构成复合词 ) a hard solid mineral substance that is found in the ground, often used for building 石头；石料；岩石 ◆ Most of the houses are built of stone. 这些房子多数是用石头建造的。 ◆ stone walls 石墙 ◆ a stone floor 石地板 ◆ a flight of stone steps 一段石台阶 ☞see also drystone wall , limestone , sandstone , soapstone 2 ★ [countable ] ( especially BrE) a small piece of rock of any shape 石块；石子 ◆ a pile of stones 一堆石块 ◆ Some children were throwing stones into the lake. 几个孩子正朝湖里扔石头。 ☞see also hailstone , philosopher's stone 3 ★ [countable ] ( usually in compounds 通常构成复合词 ) a piece of stone shaped for a particular purpose 加工成某形状为某用途的石块 ◆ These words are carved on the stone beside his grave. 在他的墓碑上刻着这样的话。 ☞see also cornerstone (1 ) , foundation stone , gravestone , headstone , lodestone , millstone , paving stone , stepping stone (1 ) , tombstone jewel 宝石 4 [countable ] = precious stone in fruit 水果 5 [countable ] ( especially BrE) ( NAmE usually pit ) a hard shell containing the nut or seed in the middle of some types of fruit 果核 ◆ cherry/peach stones 樱桃核；桃核 in body 体内 6 [countable ] ( often in compounds 常构成复合词 ) a small piece of hard material that can form in the bladderor kidneyand cause pain （膀胱或肾脏中的）结石 ◆ kidney stones 肾结石 ☞see also gallstone measurement of weight 重量单位 7 [countable ] ( plural stone ) ( abbr.st ) (in Britain) a unit for measuring weight, equal to 6.35 kg or 14 pounds 英石（英国重量单位，相当于 6.35 千克或 14 磅） ◆ He weighs over 15 stone. 他体重超过 15 英石。 ◆ She's trying to lose a stone. 她试图减去一英石的体重。 IDIOMS carved/set in ˈstone (of a decision, plan, etc. 决定、计划等 ) unable to be changed 不可改变 ◆ People should remember that our proposals aren't set in stone. 人们应该记住我们的建议不是一成不变的。 leave no stone unˈturned to try every possible course of action in order to find or achieve sth 千方百计；想尽办法 a ˈstone's throw a very short distance away 很近的距离；不远处 ◆ We live just a stone's throw from here. 我们就住在附近。 ◆ The hotel is within a stone's throw of the beach. 旅馆离海滩很近。 ☞more at blood n. , heart , kill v. , people n. , roll v. verb throw stones 扔石块 1 [usually passive ] stonesb/sth to throw stones at sb/sth 向…扔石块；用石头砸 ◆ Shops were looted and vehicles stoned. 商店遭哄抢，车辆被砸坏。 ◆ to be stoned to death (= as a punishment) 用石头砸死（一种刑罚） fruit 水果 2 ( BrE) ( also pit NAmE, BrE ) stonesth to remove the stone from the inside of a fruit 去掉果核 ◆ stoned black olives 去核黑橄榄 IDIOM ˌstone the ˈcrows | ˌstone ˈme ( old-fashioned) ( BrE) used to express surprise, shock, anger, etc. （表示惊奇、震惊、气愤等）哎呀 stone / stəʊn ; NAmE stoʊn /
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