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🔑 stoneBrE /stəʊn/NAmE /stoʊn/ noun➤hard substance 硬物质🔑 [U] () 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 🔑 [C] (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 🔑 [C] () 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, foundation stone, gravestone, headstone, lodestone, millstone, paving stone, stepping stone (1) , tombstone ➤jewel 宝石 [C] = precious stone ➤in fruit 水果 [C] (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 [C] () a small piece of hard material that can form in the bladder or kidney and 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 [C] (stone) (abbreviation 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。 ●carved/set in ˈstone(of a decision, plan, etc. 决定、计划等) unable to be changed 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。●leave no stone unˈturnedto try every possible course of action in order to find or achieve sth 千方百计；想尽办法●a ˈstone's throwa 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。●like getting blood out of/from a ˈstonealmost 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。●have a heart of ˈstoneto be a person who does not show others sympathy or pity 铁石心肠；冷酷无情●kill two birds with one ˈstoneto achieve two things at the same time with one action 一石二鸟；一箭双雕；一举两得●people (who live) in glass houses shouldn't throw ˈstones(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 ˈstone gathers no ˈmoss(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 🔑 stoneBrE /stəʊn/NAmE /stoʊn/ verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they stone BrE /stəʊn/ NAmE /stoʊn/present simple - he / she / it stones BrE /stəʊnz/ NAmE /stoʊnz/past simple stoned BrE /stəʊnd/ NAmE /stoʊnd/past participle stoned BrE /stəʊnd/ NAmE /stoʊnd/ -ing form stoning BrE /ˈstəʊnɪŋ/ NAmE /ˈstoʊnɪŋ/➤throw stones 扔石块 [usually passive] ~ sb/sthto 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(BrE) (also pit NAmE, BrE) ~ sthto remove the stone from the inside of a fruit 去掉…的果核◆stoned black olives 去核黑橄榄●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 |
