首页英语词典stonestone英英释意

stone

英[stəʊn] 美[ston]
  • n. 石头;结石;[宝] 宝石
  • adj. 石的,石制的
  • vt. 向扔石块;用石头铺
  • n. (Stone)人名;(捷)斯托内;(瑞典)斯托内;(英)斯通

英英释意


1. a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter;
"he threw a rock at me"
2. material consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those making up the Earth's crust;
"that mountain is solid rock"
"stone is abundant in New England and there are many quarries"
3. building material consisting of a piece of rock hewn in a definite shape for a special purpose;
"he wanted a special stone to mark the site"
4. a crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry;
"he had the gem set in a ring for his wife"
"she had jewels made of all the rarest stones"
5. the hard inner (usually woody) layer of the pericarp of some fruits (as peaches or plums or cherries or olives) that contains the seed;
"you should remove the stones from prunes before cooking"
6. an avoirdupois unit used to measure the weight of a human body; equal to 14 pounds;
"a heavy chap who must have weighed more than twenty stone"
7. a lack of feeling or expression or movement;
"he must have a heart of stone"
"her face was as hard as stone"