stone
noun /stəʊn/
/stəʊn/
Idioms - [uncountable] (often used before nouns or in compounds
常用于名词前或构成复合词 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/bridge/carving/pillar/slab
石头地板/桥/雕刻/柱子/石板 - a brick and stone building
砖石建筑 - a flight of stone steps
一段石台阶 - a huge block of stone
一块巨大的石头
Topics Physics and chemistrya2, Buildingsa2- He is a sculptor who works mainly in stone.
他是个雕刻家，以石雕为主。 - The path's stone flags were worn and broken.
小路上的石板已经磨蚀断裂了。 - The stone is cut into blocks ready for building.
石头被切割成建筑用石块。 - The walls were hewn from local stone.
墙是用当地石材凿成的。 - a carved stone fireplace
石雕壁炉 - names carved in stone
刻在石头上的名字 - The walls were made of stone.
这些墙是石头做的。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- heavy
- hard
- rough
- …
- block
- slab
- break
- cut
- hew (something from/out of)
- …
- block
- flag
- slab
- …
- in stone
- be set in
- be written in
- Most of the houses are built of stone.
- [countable] (especially British English) 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。
- Some loose stones tumbled down the slope behind her.
一些松动的石头从她身后的斜坡上滚了下来。 - The boys were caught throwing stones at passing trains.
那些男孩子向过路的火车扔石头，被逮住了。 - The boat broke in two and sank like a stone.
船裂成两半，像石头一样沉了下去。 - (figurative) The temperature dropped like a stone.
温度像石头一样下降。 - A group of children pelted firefighters with stones.
一群孩子向消防队员投掷石块。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- sharp
- smooth
- round
- …
- heap
- pile
- cast
- hurl
- throw
- …
- a pile of stones
- [countable] (usually in compounds
通常构成复合词 （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。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- foundation
- memorial
- paving
- …
- circle
- These words are carved on the stone beside his grave.
- (also precious stone)[countable] a rare valuable stone, such as a diamond, that is used in jewellery
不可改变；铁定；板上钉钉 - She had the stone set in a ring.
她请人把宝石镶嵌在戒指上。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- gem
- precious
- semi-precious
- …
- mine
- cut
- set
- …
- glitter
- shine
- She had the stone set in a ring.
- enlarge image[countable] (especially British English)(North American English 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
- cherry/peach stones
- [countable] (often in compounds
常构成复合词 （膀胱或肾脏中的）结石 - kidney stones
肾结石
- kidney stones
- [countable] (plural stone)(abbreviation st)(in the UK) a unit for measuring weight, equal to 6.35 kilograms 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。
- He weighs over 15 stone.
hard substance硬物质
jewel宝石
in fruit水果
in body体内
measurement of weight重量单位
词源Old English stān (noun), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch steen and German Stein. The verb dates from Middle English (first recorded in sense (1)).
Idioms
carved/set in stone
- (of a decision, plan, etc.
决定、计划等 不可改变；铁定；板上钉钉 - 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。 - These rules are not set in stone.
这些规定并非不可更改。
- People should remember that our proposals aren't set in stone.
have a heart of stone
- to be a person who does not show other people sympathy
铁石心肠；冷酷无情
kill two birds with one stone
- to achieve two things at the same time with one action
一石二鸟；一箭双雕；一举两得
leave no stone unturned
- to try every possible course of action in order to find or achieve something
千方百计；想尽办法
like getting blood out of/from a stone
- almost impossible to obtain
水中捞月；缘木求鱼 - Getting an apology from him was like getting blood from a stone.
让他道歉几乎是不可能的。
- Getting an apology from him was like getting blood from a stone.
people (who live) in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones
- (saying) you should not criticize other people, because they will easily find ways of criticizing you
身居玻璃房，投石招祸殃；自身毛病多，勿挑他人错
a rolling stone gathers no moss
- (saying) 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
滚石不生苔，频迁不聚财
a stone’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。
- We live just a stone's throw from here.