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- mass noun hard solid non-metallic mineral matter of which rock is made, especially as a building material石头, 石料。
1.1
- count noun a small piece of rock found on the ground石块, 石子。
1.2
- in extended use with reference to weight or lack of feeling, expression, or movement（指重量或缺少感情、表情或动作）像石头一样：
Isabel stood as if turned to stone
伊莎贝尔站着, 犹如变成了石头似的
her face became as hard as stone
她的脸变得像石头一样, 一点表情也没有
the elevator dropped like a stone.
电梯像石头一样重重地落下来。
1.3
- count noun Astronomy a meteorite made of rock, as opposed to metal【天文】陨石。
1.4
- count noun Medicine a calculus; a gallstone or kidney stone【医】结石; 胆（或肾）结石。
2
- a piece of stone shaped for a purpose, especially one of commemoration, ceremony, or demarcation墓碑; 纪念碑; 界碑, 界石：
a memorial stone
纪念碑
boundary stones.
界石。
2.1
- a gem or jewel宝石。
2.2
- short for CURLING STONE.CURLING STONE的简称。
2.3
- a round piece or counter, originally made of stone, used in various board games, especially the Japanese game of go（棋盘戏, 尤指日本围棋中的）棋子; 筹码。
2.4
- a large flat table or sheet, originally made of stone and now usually of metal, on which pages of type are made up排版用石台, 石印台。
3
- a hard seed in a cherry, plum, peach, and some other fruits（樱桃、李子、桃等水果的）硬质种子, 果核。
4
- （复同单）Brit. a unit of weight equal to 14 lb (6.35 kg)〈英〉英石（重量单位, 等于14磅, 即 6.35 公斤）：
I weighed 10 stone.
我10英石重。
5
- mass noun a natural shade of whitish or brownish-grey石头色, 石青色; 褐灰色：
as modifier stone stretch trousers.石青色的弹力裤。
with obj.
1
- throw stones at向…扔石头：
policemen were stoned by the crowd.
人群向警察投掷石块。
1.1
- chiefly historical execute (someone) by throwing stones at them〈主史〉用石头砸死：
Stephen was stoned to death in Jerusalem.
斯蒂芬是在耶路撒冷被用石头砸死的。
2
- remove the stone from (a fruit)去除（水果的）果核：
as adj. stoned add 50g of stoned black olives.加50克去核的黑橄榄。
3
- build, face, or pave with stone用石头建（或铺）。
短语
be written（或engraved, set）in stone
- used to emphasize that something is fixed and unchangeable已定的, 不可改变的：
anything can change - nothing is written in stone.
任何事都可改变, 没有什么是一成不变的。
cast（或throw）the first stone
- be the first to make an accusation (used to emphasize that a potential critic is not wholly blameless)［用来强调一个潜在的批评者并不是无可非议的］率先责难。
- ORIGIN: with biblical allusion to John 8:7.
leave no stone unturned
- try every possible course of action in order to achieve something千方百计, 想尽办法。
stone me!（或stone the crows!）
- Brit. informal an exclamation of surprise or shock〈英, 非正式〉［用于表示惊讶或吃惊］哎呀！啊！
a stone's throw
- a short distance短距离, 近在咫尺：
the Sea Life Centre is just a stone's throw from the sea itself.
海洋生物中心就在海边。
派生词
stoneless
adjective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).