首页英语词典stonestone的意思

stone

英 [stəʊn] 美[ston]

英英释义同义词辨析词组搭配考试真题实用场景例句

近义词rock pebble gem

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

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词态变化

复数: stones;第三人称单数: stones;过去式: stoned;现在分词: stoning;

助记提示

谐音“石头”

中文词源

stone 石头，石块

来自古英语 stan,石头，来自 Proto-Germanic*stainaz,石头，来自 PIE*stai,硬化，石头，词源同 stearin,硬脂，硬脂酸甘油油酯。

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"

英文词源

stone: stone: [OE] Stone is a general Germanic word, with relatives in German stein, Dutch steen, and Swedish and Danish sten. These all go back to a prehistoric *stainaz, which was derived from a base denoting ‘stiffness’ or ‘solidity’ (source also of Greek stía ‘pebble’ and stéar ‘stiff, fat’, Sanskrit styā- ‘stiffen’, and Serbo-Croat stijena ‘rock’). The use of the English term for a measure of weight, equal to fourteen pounds, dates from the 14th century.
stone (n.): Old English stan, used of common rocks, precious gems, concretions in the body, memorial stones, from Proto-Germanic *stainaz (cognates: Old Norse steinn, Danish steen, Old Saxon sten, Old Frisian sten, Dutch steen, Old High German stein, German Stein, Gothic stains), from PIE *stoi-no-, suffixed form of root *stai- "stone," also "to thicken, stiffen" (cognates: Sanskrit styayate "curdles, becomes hard;" Avestan stay- "heap;" Greek stear "fat, tallow," stia, stion "pebble;" Old Church Slavonic stena, Russian stiena "wall").

Sense of "testicle" is from late Old English. The British measure of weight (usually equal to 14 pounds) is from late 14c., originally a specific stone. Stone-fruit, one with a pit, is from 1520s. Stone's throw for "a short distance" is attested from 1580s. Stone Age is from 1864. To kill two birds with one stone is first attested 1650s. To leave no stone unturned is from 1540s.
stone (adj.): "made of stone," Old English (which also had stænan "stonen"); see stone (n.). As an intensifying adjective recorded from 1935, first recorded in black slang, probably from earlier use in phrases like stone blind (late 14c., literally "blind as a stone"), stone deaf, stone-cold (1590s), etc. Stone cold sober dates from 1937.
stone (v.): c. 1200, "to pelt with stones," from stone (n.). From c. 1600 as "to fit with stones;" 1630s as "to free from stones" (of fruit, etc.). Related: Stoned; stoning.

同义词辨析

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。

rock, stone, gravel, pebble

这些名词均含"石，石头"之意。

rock：普通用词，指构成地表最坚硬部分或突出于周围地面的巨大岩石，也可指石头或石块。

stone：普通用词，泛指井然的或经加工的各类石头，可大可小。

gravel：集合名词，常指用于铺路的小石子和沙砾。

pebble：多指海边、河边或沙中圆形的小卵石。

考试真题

It's all built in this white stone and some walls of the building are decorated with jewels.

The New York State parks system wants to turn off the falls on the American side some time in the next two to three years to replace two 115-year-old stone bridges that allow pedestrians, park vehicles and utilities access to Goat Island.

These students need to build skills and knowledge during college if they are to use their degrees as a stepping- stone to middle-class mobility.

As wood was so plentiful, it was cheaper to use than the stone used in the buildings of other European cultures.

Most consist of timber frames that rest on stone blocks.

Patches of paint still cling to the stone walls of the bedroom and reception hall.

This was accomplished so that the team could examine and repair the churches' original medieval stone blocks.

Above 4, 000 meters is the highland desert: gravel (砾石), stones and rocks.

Charlotte stone will perform songs from her new best-selling cd, with james pickering on the piano.

He and his students tied some poles to each of four sides of a 30-kilogram stone block.

In addition, their arms that are unnecessary for moving around are freed for other purposes, like throwing stones or signaling.

It's widely believed that the stone blocks were moved to the pyramid site by sliding them on smooth paths.

Long-ago builders could have attached wooden poles to the stones and rolled them across the sand, the scientists say.

Many of us love July because it's the month when nature's berries and stone fruits are in abundance.

Mr.Stone is free this afternoon after 3:00.

On average, each of the two million big stones weighed about as much as a large pickup truck.

One thing is certain: the truth about love is not yet set in stone.

Researchers found small amounts of fat, as well as a large amount of stone and the remains of paths.

That, he notes, should make a block of stone "a lot easier to roll than a square".

The Egyptians somehow moved the stone blocks to the pyramid site from about one kilometer away.

The yellow and orange stone fruits such as peaches are high in the carotenoids we turn into vitamin a and which are antioxidants.

Thus humans who lived a million years ago, despite their big brains and sharp stone tools, lived in constant fear of meat-eating animals.

"This indicates there is a real personal responsibility in counteracting this problem," says Roxanne Stone, editor in chief at Barna Group.

Long is Britain's best-known Land Artist and his Stone circle, a perfect ring of purplish rocks from Portishead beach laid out on the gallery floor, represents the elegant, rarefied side of the form.

Trade publications counselled department stores that, in order to increase sales, they should create a "third stepping stone" between infant wear and older kids' clothes.

词组搭配

be written (或 engraved, set) in stone

used to emphasize that something is fixed and unchangeable

已定的，不可改变的

anything can change—nothing is written in stone.
任何事都可改变，没有什么是一成不变的。

cast (或 throw) the first stone

be the first to make an accusation (used to emphasize that a potential critic is not wholly blameless)

［用来强调一个潜在的批评者并不是无可非议的］率先责难

leave no stone unturned

try every possible course of action in order to achieve something

千方百计，想尽办法

stone me! (或 stone the crows!)

(Brit. informal)an exclamation of surprise or shock

(英，非正式)［用作表示惊讶或吃惊的感叹］哎呀！啊

a stone's throw

a short distance

短距离

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the Sea Life Centre is &B{just a stone's throw from} the sea itself。

实用场景例句

Most of the houses are built of stone.: 这些房子多数是用石头建造的。

stone walls: 石墙

a stone floor: 石地板

a flight of stone steps: 一段石台阶

a pile of stones: 一堆石块

Some children were throwing stones into the lake.: 几个孩子正朝湖里扔石头。

These words are carved on the stone beside his grave.: 在他的墓碑上刻着这样的话。

cherry/peach stones: 樱桃 / 桃核

kidney stones: 肾结石

He weighs over 15 stone.: 他体重超过15英石。

She's trying to lose a stone.: 她试图减去一英石的体重。

We live just a stone's throw from here.: 我们就住在附近。

The hotel is within a stone's throw of the beach.: 旅馆离海滩很近。

Shops were looted and vehicles stoned.: 商店遭哄抢，车辆被砸坏。

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。

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。

He removed a stone from his shoe...: 他从鞋子里倒出一块石子。

The crowd began throwing stones.: 人群开始扔石块。

The monument consists of a circle of gigantic stones.: 该遗址由一圈巨大的石碑组成。

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。

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。

...a diamond ring with three stones.: 镶有 3 颗钻石的戒指

He had kidney stones.: 他有肾结石。

Then stone the fruit and process the plums to a puree.: 然后去核再将李子加工成糊状。

Youths burned cars and stoned police...: 年轻人烧汽车，并向警察扔石头。

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。

I weighed around 16 stone.: 我体重约为16英石。

...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

Just a stone's throw away is the City Art Gallery.: 不远处就是市美术馆。

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。