一、详细释义:


n.

(常用于名词前作定语或用以构成复合词)石,石头,岩石,石料 [U]


例句:

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。


例句:

The house is surrounded by stones walls.

这房子四面围着石墙。


石块,石子,碎石 [C]


例句:

Below us, thousands of fur seals flop around in a frenzy.

在我们的脚下,数以千计的海豹在下面翻腾。


例句:

She throw a stone into the pond and watch the ripples spread.

她把一块石头扔进池塘里,看著水的波纹扩散开。


(加工成某形状作某用途的)石块 [C]


例句:

This is a piece of stone shaped for a particular purpose.

这是一块加工过作特殊用途的石块。


例句:

There were words carved on the stone beside his grave to commemorate his contribution to the science.

墓碑上刻着颂词以纪念他对科学做出的贡献。


宝石,钻石 [C]


例句:

There is a shiny fossil stone called amber in the beautiful box.

漂亮的盒子里有一种光彩夺目的化石,名为琥珀。


例句:

A diamond ring with five stones is quite expensive.

镶有五颗宝石的钻戒十分昂贵。


果核(如杏、橄榄、李子、樱桃、桃的)[C]


例句:

There is a big stone in the centre of a peach.

桃子中心有一个大核儿。


例句:

It is very strange that there is no stone in the cherry.

这颗樱桃竟然没核,很奇怪。


(常构成复合词)(膀胱或肾脏中的)结石 [C]


例句:

Luckily the kidney stone passed before she had to be hospitalized.

幸好这个肾结石在她必须住院之前化掉了。


例句:

The doctor advised him to have an operation to remove the bladder stone.

医生建议他做手术摘除膀胱结石。


【复数不变】英石(英国重量单位,等於6.35千克或14磅)[C]


例句:

She is on a diet to lose a stone.

她在节食以减少一英石的体重。


例句:

Nobody believes that she once weighed over 10 stones.

没人相信她曾经体重超10英石。


v.

向(某人)扔石块,用石头砸(某人)(尤指旧时作为惩罚手段) [T]


例句:

The white boy stoned me.

白人男孩向我扔石块。


例句:

The criminal was stoned to death.

罪犯被人们用石头砸死。


去掉(水果)的核 [T]


例句:

Mother helped the boy to stoned the olive and then fed him.

母亲帮助男孩去掉橄榄核,然后喂他吃。


例句:

She washed and stoned the cherries.

她把樱桃洗净并去核。


二、词义辨析:


jewel,jewellery,stone,gem

这些名词均有“宝石”之意。 jewel多指贵重的宝石,是经过切削打磨,通常镶嵌在胸针、项链或其它装饰物上的玉。 jewellery是珠宝的总称,泛指各类珠宝,既指佩带或衣服的珠宝饰物,又指用普通金属、塑料或假宝石制作的装饰物。 stone特别强调稀少罕见或值钱的矿物。 gem指经切割、磨光的宝石,引申指珍品、佳作。


三、相关短语:


foundation stone

n.(特指建筑物等开工典礼上放置的)基石,基础,根源


leave no stone unturned

千方百计,竭尽全力,不遗余力


philosopher's stone

点金石


precious stone

n.宝石


stone fruit

n.[植]核果


stone's throw

n. 短距离


blue stone

蓝石


cherry stone

n.樱桃核


china stone

瓷石


cinnamon stone

桂榴石,肉桂石


coping stone

盖石,压顶石


emery stone

金刚砂磨石,刚砂石


四、参考例句:


Stone is hard.

石头很坚硬。


Level the city stone by stone to an extinct waste.

一块石头一块石头地夷平该市,使它成为一片没有人烟的荒原。


This is a stone bridge.

这是一座石桥。


This stone is very heavy.

这个石头很重。


The stone shattered the window.

石头打碎了窗户。


Ed Sheeran weighed 15 stone at his heaviest , but has since dropped four stone and weighs 11 stone .

艾德·希兰最重的时候有15英石,但是后来减了4英石重11英石了。


A stone hit him on the temple.

一块石头击中了他的太阳穴。


He cast a stone into the river.

他向河中投了一块石子。


The stone caught me on the nose.

石头打中我的鼻子。


The stone caught him on the leg.

石块击中他的腿。