stone

noun

硬物质 hard substance

1. 石头；石料；岩石
   a hard solid mineral substance that is found in the ground, often used for building
   1. Most of the houses are built of stone.
      这些房子多数是用石头建造的。
   2. stone walls
      石墙
   3. a stone floor
      石地板
   4. a flight of stone steps
      一段石台阶
2. 石块；石子
   a small piece of rock of any shape
   1. a pile of stones
      一堆石块
   2. Some children were throwing stones into the lake.
      几个孩子正朝湖里扔石头。
3. （加工成某形状为某用途的）石块
   a piece of stone shaped for a particular purpose
   1. 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

宝石 jewel

水果 in fruit

4. 果核
   a hard shell containing the nut or seed in the middle of some types of fruit
   1. cherry/peach stones
      樱桃 / 桃核

体内 in body

5. （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
   1. kidney stones
      肾结石

重量单位 measurement of weight

6. 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
   1. He weighs over 15 stone.
      他体重超过15英石。
   2. She's trying to lose a stone.
      她试图减去一英石的体重。

verb

扔石块 throw stones

1. 向…扔石块；用石头砸
   to throw stones at sb/sth
   1. Shops were looted and vehicles stoned.
      商店遭哄抢，车辆被砸坏。
   2. to be stoned to death (= as a punishment)
      用石头砸死（一种刑罚）

水果 fruit

2. 去掉…的果核
   to remove the stone from the inside of a fruit
   1. stoned black olives
      去核黑橄榄

The plural is usually stone in meaning 10. 义项 10 的复数形式通常为 stone。


1. N-MASS 石头;石料
   Stone is a hard solid substance found in the ground and often used for building houses.
   1. 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。
   2. People often don't appreciate that marble is a natural stone.
      人们经常不了解大理石是一种天然石料。
   3. ...stone walls.
      石墙
2. N-COUNT 石子;小石块
   A stone is a small piece of rock that is found on the ground.
   1. He removed a stone from his shoe...
      他从鞋子里倒出一块石子。
   2. The crowd began throwing stones.
      人群开始扔石块。
3. 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.
   1. The monument consists of a circle of gigantic stones.
      该遗址由一圈巨大的石碑组成。
4. 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.
   1. 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。
   2. Scientific opinions are not carved on tablets of stone; they change over the years.
      科学观点并非一成不变;它们随着时间而改变。
5. N-COUNT 宝石
   You can refer to a jewel as a stone .
   1. ...a diamond ring with three stones.
      镶有 3 颗钻石的戒指
6. 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.
   1. He had kidney stones.
      他有肾结石。
7. 果核
   The stone in a plum, cherry, or other fruit is the large hard seed in the middle of it.

in AM, usually use 美国英语通常用 pit


8. VERB 给…去核
   If you stone a fruit, you remove its stone.
   1. Then stone the fruit and process the plums to a puree.
      然后去核再将李子加工成糊状。

in AM, usually use 美国英语通常用 pit


9. VERB 向…扔石头;用石头砸
   If people stone someone or something, they throw stones at them.
   1. Youths burned cars and stoned police...
      年轻人烧汽车，并向警察扔石头。
   2. A post office was set on fire and vehicles were stoned by looters.
      抢劫犯放火烧了一家邮局，并用石头砸车。
10. 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.
    1. I weighed around 16 stone.
       我体重约为16英石。
11. See also: stoned foundation stone paving stone precious stone stepping stone
12. 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.
    1. ...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
    2. Just a stone's throw away is the City Art Gallery.
       不远处就是市美术馆。
13. 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.
    1. 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。
14. kill two birds with one stone → see: bird

1. They clambered up the stone walls of a steeply terraced olive grove
   他们手脚并用，爬上了一片成陡直梯田状的橄榄林外面的石头围墙。
2. The red door clashed with the soft, natural tones of the stone walls
   红门和石墙柔和的自然色调不协调。
3. They just cleave the stone along the cracks.
   他们就是顺着裂缝把石头劈开。
4. Butler and Stone concur that the war threw people's lives into a moral relief
   巴特勒和斯通一致认为这场战争使人们的生命得到了道义上的解脱。
5. The builders had cut holes into the soft stone to support the ends of the beams.
   建筑工人在软石上挖了洞以支撑梁端。
6. Dry stone walls may appear stark and lifeless, but they provide a valuable habitat for plants and animals.
   干燥的石墙看起来也许荒凉且毫无生机，但它们为动植物提供了宝贵的栖息地。
7. The olives are crushed to a pulp by stone rollers.
   橄榄被石磙碾成了酱。
8. Luther's put on three stone.
   卢瑟体重增加了3英石。
9. Stone began to be used as a roofing material.
   石料开始被用作盖屋顶的材料。
10. Artist Richard Stone has captured in her eyes and the set of her face her steely determination.
    画家理查德·斯通在她的眼神和面部表情中捕捉到了她的坚毅和决绝。
11. The wood had been painted to simulate stone
    木头上刷了漆以看起来像块石头。
12. The stone rocketed into the glass, splintering it.
    石块击中了玻璃，将它打成了碎片。
13. 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。
14. People often don't appreciate that marble is a natural stone.
    人们经常不了解大理石是一种天然石料。
15. He removed a stone from his shoe
    他从鞋子里倒出一块石子。
16. The crowd began throwing stones.
    人群开始扔石块。
17. 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。
18. Scientific opinions are not carved on tablets of stone; they change over the years.
    科学观点并非一成不变；它们随着时间而改变。
19. He had kidney stones.
    他有肾结石。
20. Then stone the fruit and process the plums to a puree.
    然后去核再将李子加工成糊状。
21. Youths burned cars and stoned police
    年轻人烧汽车，并向警察扔石头。
22. A post office was set on fire and vehicles were stoned by looters.
    抢劫犯放火烧了一家邮局，并用石头砸车。
23. I weighed around 16 stone.
    我体重约为16英石。
24. Just a stone's throw away is the City Art Gallery.
    不远处就是市美术馆。
25. 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。
26. Stooping down, he picked up a big stone and hurled it.
    他俯身捡起一块大石头扔了出去。
27. Wilde fell and struck his head on the stone floor
    怀尔德摔倒了，头撞在石头地上。
28. He also studied the ancient stone tablets from around the pyramids.
    他还研究了在金字塔周围发现的古代石匾。
29. In these houses, there are kangs built of stone or brick.
    这些房子里有石头或砖垒的炕。
30. The inscriptions on the stone tablet have become blurred with the passage of time.
    年代久了，石碑上的字迹已经模糊了。

n.

leave no stone unturned

• 千方百计；想尽办法
  to try every possible course of action in order to find or achieve sth

a stone's throw

• 很近的距离；不远处
  a very short distance away
  1. We live just a stone's throw from here.
     我们就住在附近。
  2. 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 stone

• 水中捞月；缘木求鱼
  almost impossible to obtain
  1. Getting an apology from him was like getting blood from a stone.
     让他道歉几乎是不可能的。

carved in stone

• 不能改变的；铁定；铁板钉钉
  unable to be changed
  1. People should remember that our proposals aren't carved in stone.
     人们应记住我们的建议并非板上钉钉。

have a heart of stone

• 铁石心肠；冷酷无情
  to be a person who does not show others sympathy or pity

kill two birds with one stone

• 一石二鸟；一箭双雕；一举两得
  to achieve two things at the same time with one action

people (who live) in glass houses shouldn't throw stones

• 身居玻璃房，投石招祸殃；自身毛病多，勿挑他人错
  you should not criticize other people, because they will easily find ways of criticizing you

a rolling stone gathers no moss

• 滚石不生苔，频迁不聚财
  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

v.

stone the crows

stone me

• （表示惊奇、震惊、气愤等）哎呀
  used to express surprise, shock, anger, etc.

noun

1. building material consisting of a piece of rock hewn in a definite shape for a special purpose
   1. he wanted a special stone to mark the site

2. a lack of feeling or expression or movement
   1. he must have a heart of stone
   2. her face was as hard as stone

3. a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
   1. he threw a rock at me

   Synonym:    rock

4. the hard inner (usually woody) layer of the pericarp of some fruits (as peaches or plums or cherries or olives) that contains the seed
   1. you should remove the stones from prunes before cooking

   Synonym:    pitendocarp

5. an avoirdupois unit used to measure the weight of a human body
   1. a heavy chap who must have weighed more than twenty stone

6. material consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those making up the Earth's crust
   1. that mountain is solid rock
   2. stone is abundant in New England and there are many quarries

   Synonym:    rock

7. a crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry
   1. he had the gem set in a ring for his wife
   2. she had jewels made of all the rarest stones

   Synonym:    gemgemstone

verb

1. remove the pits from
   1. pit plums and cherries

   Synonym:    pit

2. kill by throwing stones at
   1. People wanted to stone the woman who had a child out of wedlock

   Synonym:    lapidate

adj

1. of any of various dull tannish or grey colors