stone的经典引文是:I..sat down on a stone at the foot of the telegraph-pole.出自:H. D. Thoreau。stone的意思是n.【U】石料;n.【C】石头;宝石;(水果的)硬核;n.英石(重量单位;合14磅);vt.向 ... 扔石头;去掉(水果的)核。stone的读音是英[stəʊn];美[stoʊn]。
一、详尽释义点此查看stone的详细内容
二、英英释义
"he threw a rock at me"
"he wanted a special stone to mark the site"
"that mountain is solid rock"
"stone is abundant in New England and there are many quarries"
"he had the gem set in a ring for his wife"
"she had jewels made of all the rarest stones"
"a heavy chap who must have weighed more than twenty stone"
"you should remove the stones from prunes before cooking"
"he must have a heart of stone"
"her face was as hard as stone"
"People wanted to stone the woman who had a child out of wedlock"
"pit plums and cherries"
三、词典解释
1.石头;石料
Stone is a hard solid substance found in the ground and often used for building houses.
e.g. He could not tell whether the floor was wood orstone...
他无法确定地板是木头的还是石头的。
e.g. People often don't appreciate that marble is a naturalstone.
人们经常不了解大理石是一种天然石料。
2.石子;小石块
Astone is a small piece of rock that is found on the ground.
e.g. He removed astone from his shoe...
他从鞋子里倒出一块石子。
e.g. The crowd began throwing stones.
人群开始扔石块。
3.(作为宗教标志的)石碑;纪念碑
Astone is a large piece of stone put somewhere in memory of a person or event, or as a religious symbol.
e.g. The monument consists of a circle of gigantic stones.
该遗址由一圈巨大的石碑组成。
4.(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 asset in stone andtablets of stone to suggest that an idea or rule is firm and fixed, and cannot be changed.
e.g. He is merely throwing the idea forward for discussion, it is not cast instone...
他只是提出这个观点供讨论,它还没板上钉钉。
e.g. Scientific opinions are not carved on tablets ofstone; 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.宝石
You can refer to a jewel as astone .
stone的反义词
e.g. ...a diamond ring with three stones.
镶有 3 颗钻石的戒指
6.结石
Astone is a small hard ball of minerals and other substances which sometimes forms in a person's kidneys or gall bladder.
e.g. He had kidney stones.
他有肾结石。
7.果核
Thestone in a plum, cherry, or other fruit is the large hard seed in the middle of it.
stone
in AM, usually use 美国英语通常用 pit8.给…去核
If youstone a fruit, you remove its stone.
stone
e.g. Thenstone the fruit and process the plums to a puree.
然后去核再将李子加工成糊状。
9.向…扔石头;用石头砸
If peoplestone someone or something, they throw stones at them.
e.g. Youths burned cars and stoned police...
年轻人烧汽车,并向警察扔石头。
e.g. 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.英石(重量单位,相当于 14 磅或6.35公斤)
Astone is a measurement of weight, especially the weight of a person, equal to 14 pounds or 6.35 kilograms.
e.g. I weighed around 16stone.
我体重约为16英石。
11. see also: stoned;foundation stone;paving stone;precious stone;stepping stone
12.离…不远的;在…附近的
If you say that one place isa stone's throw from another, you mean that the places are close to each other.
e.g. ...a two-bedroom apartment just astone's throw from the beach...
离海滩只有几步之遥的一套两居室公寓
e.g. Just astone's throw away is the City Art Gallery.
不远处就是市美术馆。
13.挖空心思;千方百计;用尽一切手段
If you say that you willleave no stone unturned, you are emphasizing that you will try every way you can think of in order to achieve what you want.
stone的近义词
e.g. He said he would leave nostone 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 onestone -> see bird
四、例句
The brick house was faced with stone.
这座砖房石料贴面。
The inscription on the stone had worn away.
刻在石头上的文字已磨损了。
The beetle scurried away when I lifted the stone.
我把石头搬起来时,那只甲虫跑了。
A diamond ring with five stones is quite expensive.
镶有五颗宝石的钻戒十分昂贵。
There is a stone in the middle of a peach.
桃子的中心有一个核。
A mob stoned and robbed the shops.
一群暴民用石头砸了商店,并抢劫店里的货物。
The criminal was stoned to death.
罪犯被人们用石头砸死。
She washed and stoned the cherries.
她把樱桃洗净并去核。
五、经典引文
I..sat down on a stone at the foot of the telegraph-pole.
出自:H. D. ThoreauThe shallow streamlet came tumbling picturesquely over gray stones.
出自:M. E. BraddonI..dislodged a stone with my foot. Underneath was a toad.
出自:P. SayerA rolling stone gathers no moss.
出自:ProverbThe guilty man was accordingly stoned.
出自:A. MasonSome boys were stoning the guava trees for fruit.
出自:C. PhillipsA police van hit a lamp post after it was stoned by 30 youths.
出自:Sun六、情景对话
买东西
B:Can you find a good (price/ deal/ bargain) there?
那儿你可以买到(价钱合理/价钱便宜/价格便宜)的吗?
A:Wow, you really live in theStone Age.
哇,你真的还生活在石器时代。
Shopping on the Internet-(网上购物)
B:I really want to go to China for vacation, but I can’t find a cheap plane ticket.
我想去中国度假,可是买不到价钱便宜的机票。
A:Have you tried the Internet?
你上网试过了吗?
stone
B:No, not yet. Can you find a good price there?
不,还没有。你可以查到价钱合适的吗?
A:Wow, you really live in theStone Age, Mom.
哇,妈妈,你还生活在石器时代。
B:Well, you don’t have to be mean. How do I do it?
你不要这么小气。我该怎么查找?
A:Go to yahoo.com and click on “Travel” and “Tickets.” They’ll be about a billion sites to look at.
上雅虎网站,点击“旅游”和 “车票”。就有成千上万的网站供你查找的。
B:O.K. Thanks. I’ll let you know what I find.
好了,谢谢。我找到了会告诉你的。
stone是什么意思
A:All right.
好的。
B:I’ll look for a ticket for you, too. Thanks.
我也会帮你看看票的。谢谢你。
七、词源解说
stone的相关近义词
stone的相关临近词
stony、stomp、stoner、Stonek、stoney、stoned、Stoneham、stoneway、stoneman、stonefly、Stoneley、Stonecat