stone
- n.石头;石;(加工成某形状为某用途的)石块;结石;石料;岩石;英石;果核
- vt.向…扔石块;用石头砸;去掉…的果核
- adj.石制的
- adv.石一般的
stonenoun
硬物质 hard substance
石头；石料；岩石
a hard solid mineral substance that is found in the ground, often used for building
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
石块；石子
a small piece of rock of any shape
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。
（加工成某形状为某用途的）石块
a piece of stone shaped for a particular purpose
These words are carved on the stone beside his grave.
在他的墓碑上刻着这样的话。
宝石 jewel
水果 in fruit
果核
a hard shell containing the nut or seed in the middle of some types of fruit
cherry/peach stones
樱桃 / 桃核
体内 in body
（膀胱或肾脏中的）结石
a small piece of hard material that can form in the bladder or kidney and cause pain
kidney stones
肾结石
重量单位 measurement of weight
英石（英国重量单位，相当于6.35千克或14磅）
(in Britain) a unit for measuring weight, equal to 6.35 kg or 14 pounds
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。
to try every possible course of action in order to find or achieve sth
a very short distance away
我们就住在附近。
We live just a stone's throw from here.
The hotel is within a stone's throw of the beach.
旅馆离海滩很近。
almost impossible to obtain
让他道歉几乎是不可能的。
Getting an apology from him was like getting blood from a stone.
unable to be changed
人们应记住我们的建议并非板上钉钉。
People should remember that our proposals aren't carved in stone.
to be a person who does not show others sympathy or pity
to achieve two things at the same time with one action
you should not criticize other people, because they will easily find ways of criticizing you
a person who moves from place to place, job to job, etc. does not have a lot of money, possessions or friends but is free from responsibilities
verb
扔石块 throw stones
向…扔石块；用石头砸
to throw stones at sb/sth
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）
水果 fruit
去掉…的果核
to remove the stone from the inside of a fruit
stoned black olives
去核黑橄榄
used to express surprise, shock, anger, etc.
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N-MASS 石头;石料
Stone is a hard solid substance found in the ground and often used for building houses.He could not tell whether the floor was wood or stone...
他无法确定地板是木头的还是石头的。
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N-COUNT 石子;小石块
A stone is a small piece of rock that is found on the ground.He removed a stone from his shoe...
他从鞋子里倒出一块石子。
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N-COUNT (作为宗教标志的)石碑;纪念碑
A stone is a large piece of stone put somewhere in memory of a person or event, or as a religious symbol.The monument consists of a circle of gigantic stones.
该遗址由一圈巨大的石碑组成。
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N-UNCOUNT (表示观念或规则固定而不可改变)板上钉钉，铁板钉钉
Stone is used in expressions such as set in stone and tablets of stone to suggest that an idea or rule is firm and fixed, and cannot be changed.He is merely throwing the idea forward for discussion, it is not cast in stone...
他只是提出这个观点供讨论，它还没板上钉钉。
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N-COUNT 宝石
You can refer to a jewel as a stone ....a diamond ring with three stones.
镶有 3 颗钻石的戒指
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N-COUNT 结石
A stone is a small hard ball of minerals and other substances which sometimes forms in a person's kidneys or gall bladder.He had kidney stones.
他有肾结石。
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N-COUNT 果核
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VERB 给…去核
If you stone a fruit, you remove its stone.Then stone the fruit and process the plums to a puree.
然后去核再将李子加工成糊状。
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VERB 向…扔石头;用石头砸
If people stone someone or something, they throw stones at them.Youths burned cars and stoned police...
年轻人烧汽车，并向警察扔石头。
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N-COUNT 英石(重量单位，相当于 14 磅或6.35公斤)
A stone is a measurement of weight, especially the weight of a person, equal to 14 pounds or 6.35 kilograms.I weighed around 16 stone.
我体重约为16英石。
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PHRASE 离…不远的;在…附近的
If you say that one place is a stone's throw from another, you mean that the places are close to each other....a two-bedroom apartment just a stone's throw from the beach...
离海滩只有几步之遥的一套两居室公寓
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PHRASE 挖空心思;千方百计;用尽一切手段
If you say that you will leave no stone unturned, you are emphasizing that you will try every way you can think of in order to achieve what you want.He said he would leave no stone unturned in the search for peace.
他说他会尽一切努力去寻求和平。
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kill two birds with one stone→ see:bird
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- building material consisting of a piece of rock hewn in a definite shape for a special purpose
- he wanted a special stone to mark the site
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- a lack of feeling or expression or movement
- he must have a heart of stone
- her face was as hard as stone
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- a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
- he threw a rock at me
- Synonym: rock
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- the hard inner (usually woody) layer of the pericarp of some fruits (as peaches or plums or cherries or olives) that contains the seed
- you should remove the stones from prunes before cooking
- Synonym: pit endocarp
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- an avoirdupois unit used to measure the weight of a human body;equal to 14 pounds
- a heavy chap who must have weighed more than twenty stone
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- material consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those making up the Earth's crust
- that mountain is solid rock
- stone is abundant in New England and there are many quarries
- Synonym: rock
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- a crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry
- he had the gem set in a ring for his wife
- she had jewels made of all the rarest stones
- Synonym: gem gemstone
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- remove the pits from
- pit plums and cherries
- Synonym: pit
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- kill by throwing stones at
- People wanted to stone the woman who had a child out of wedlock
- Synonym: lapidate
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- of any of various dull tannish or grey colors
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The sword struck sparks off the stone floor .
剑砍在石地上，火星飞溅。
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We went through a stone archway into the courtyard .
我们穿过石拱门进入院子。
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A large stone came flying in through the window .
一块大石头飞进了窗户。
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Over the years , the stone steps had worn smooth .
日久天长，石阶已经磨得光溜溜的。
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Getting an apology from him was like getting blood from a stone .
让他道歉几乎是不可能的。
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They 've covered an old Rolling Stones number .
他们翻唱了滚石乐队的一首老歌。
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The stones have been worn smooth by the constant flow of water .
不停的流水把这些石头冲刷得很光滑。
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My dad 's taste in music is from the Stone Age .
我老爸的音乐品味都老得掉渣了。
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The stone was dropped from a great height .
那块石头是从很高的地方掉落下来的。
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We live just a stone 's throw from here .
我们就住在附近。
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The stone made a dent in the roof of the car .
石头把车顶砸了个坑。
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Most of the houses are built of stone .
这些房子多数是用石头建造的。
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Small boys were skimming stones across the water .
几个小男孩用石块打水漂。
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We walked down some stone steps to the beach .
我们走下几级石阶，来到海滩上。
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A large stone landed right beside him .
一大块石头正好落在他身旁。
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Make sure the paving stones are flush with the lawn .
务必要使铺路石和草坪齐平。
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The statue was carved out of a single piece of stone .
这座雕像是用整块石料雕成的。
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These words are carved on the stone beside his grave .
在他的墓碑上刻着这样的话。
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I was hit by a falling stone .
我被一块坠落的石头击中。
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We can be very flexible ─ our entry requirements are not set in tablets of stone .
我们可以非常灵活，加入条件并非铁板钉钉。
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The stone steps were worn and broken .
这些石头台阶被磨平破裂了。
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She weighed the stone in her hand .
她用手掂了掂那块石头的重量。
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The boys were throwing sticks and stones at the dog .
男孩子们朝那条狗扔枝条扔石头。
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Some kids were throwing stones at the window .
有些孩子在朝窗户扔石头。
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Pick over the lentils and remove any little stones .
仔细挑拣豆子，把小石子拣出去。
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A memorial stone was dedicated to those who were killed in the war .
为阵亡将士纪念碑举行了落成典礼。
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The road was paved with smooth stone slabs .
道路用平整的石板铺成。
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The stones are laid down endways to make a path .
石头一块接一块地铺成小路。
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He hammered the wedge into the crack in the stone .
他用锤子把楔子砸入石缝里。
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The men armed themselves with sticks and stones .
这些人以棍棒和石块作为武器。
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