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新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

stone

英  [stəʊn]
    

[NOUN, VERB]

    NOUN. 名词

  • stones

    1. [C, U 有变体名词] 石头

    Stone is a hard, solid substance found in the ground and often used for building houses.

    双语例句

    例：

    He could not tell whether the floor was wood or stone.

    他无法说清楚地板是木头的还是石头的。

    例：

    People often don't appreciate that marble is a natural stone.

    人们往往不了解大理石是一种天然石料。

    2. [C 可数名词] 石子

    A stone is a small piece of rock that is found on the ground.

    双语例句

    例：

    He removed a stone from his shoe.

    他从鞋子里倒出一粒石子。

    3. [C 可数名词] 石碑

    A stone is a large piece of stone put somewhere in memory of a person or event, or as a religious symbol.

    双语例句

    例：

    The monument consists of a circle of gigantic stones.

    该遗址由一圈巨大的石碑组成。

    4. [U 不可数名词] （思想或规则）固定不变

    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.

    双语例句

    例：

    He is merely throwing the idea forward for discussion, it is not cast in stone.

    他只是抛出个想法供讨论，还没板上钉钉。

    5. [C 可数名词] 宝石

    You can refer to a jewel as a stone.

    双语例句

    例：

    a diamond ring with three stones.

    一枚镶有3颗宝石的戒指。

    6. [C 可数名词] 结石

    A stone is a small hard ball of minerals and other substances which sometimes forms in a person's kidneys or gallbladder.

    双语例句

    例：

    He had kidney stones.

    他有肾结石。

    7. [C 可数名词] 果核

    The stone in a plum, cherry, or other fruit is the large hard seed in the middle of it.

    VERB. 动词

  • stones , stoning , stoned

    1. [T 及物动词] 向…扔石头

    If people stone someone or something, they throw stones at them.

    双语例句

    例：

    Youths burned cars and stoned police.

    年轻人烧车辆并向警察扔石头。

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