| 单词 | stone |
| 释义 | Word Frequency stone(stəʊn) noun 1. the hard compact nonmetallic material of which rocks are made ▶ Related adjective: lithic2. a small lump of rock; pebble 3. jewellery short for gemstone 4. a. a piece of rock designed or shaped for some particular purpose b. (in combination) gravestone millstone 5. a. something that resembles a stone b. (in combination) hailstone 6. the woody central part of such fruits as the peach and plum, that contains the seed; endocarp 7. any similar hard part of a fruit, such as the stony seed of a date 8. Word forms: plural stone British a unit of weight, used esp to express human body weight, equal to 14 pounds or 6.350 kilograms 9. Also called: granite the rounded heavy mass of granite or iron used in the game of curling 10. pathology a nontechnical name for calculus 11. printing a table with a very flat iron or stone surface upon which hot-metal pages are composed into formes; imposition table 12. rare (in certain games) a piece or man 13. a. any of various dull grey colours b. (as adjective) stone paint 14. (modifier) relating to or made of stone a stone house 15. (modifier) made of stoneware a stone jar 16. cast a stone at 17. heart of stone 18. leave no stone unturned adverb 19. (in combination) completely stone-cold stone-dead verb (transitive) 20. to throw stones at, esp to kill 21. to remove the stones from 22. to furnish or provide with stones 23. stone the crows Derived forms stonable (ˈstonable) or stoneable (ˈstoneable) adjective stoneless (ˈstoneless) adjective stonelessness (ˈstonelessness) noun stonelike (ˈstoneˌlike) adjective Word origin Old English stān; related to Old Saxon stēn, German Stein, Old Norse steinn, Gothic stains, Greek stion pebbleWord Frequency stone-prefix very; completely stone-blind stone-cold Word origin from stone in the sense of "like a stone"Word Frequency Stone(stəʊn) noun 1. Oliver. born 1946, US film director and screenwriter: his films include Platoon (1986), Born on the Fourth of July (1989), JFK (1991), Nixon (1995), Alexander (2004), and World Trade Center (2006) 2. Sharon. born 1958, US film actress: her films include Basic Instinct (1991), Casino (1995), and Cold Creek Manor (2003) |
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