单词	hard stone
释义	hard stone noun : an opaque usually semiprecious stone that can be shaped or carved (as for jewelry or mosaics) Example Sentences Recent Examples on the Web There was no safety net above the hard stone floor. Thomas Adamson, ajc, 23 June 2022 With the pews full, an older woman dressed in a silk skirt knelt slowly on the hard stone floor beneath the vaulted ceiling to pray. New York Times, 17 Apr. 2022 The medium of choice: washed hard stone like granite or quartz, not limestone or sandstone. New York Times, 2 Mar. 2022 Martorana’s gambit is to carve soft things, with exquisite realism, from hard stone. Washington Post, 13 Apr. 2021 Lee and Winslet present us with the image of a hard stone to crack. Armond White, National Review, 13 Nov. 2020 Botanically speaking, stone fruits are a type of drupe: thin-skin fruits with soft flesh around a hard stone or pit encasing their seeds. Katlyn Moncada, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Aug. 2020 Over time, those crystals can become small, hard stones. Samantha Lauriello, Health.com, 9 Sep. 2019 Kidney stones develop when salt and other minerals found in urine stick together and form into hard stone-like deposits. Samantha Lauriello, Health.com, 31 July 2019 See More Word History First Known Use 1853, in the meaning defined above
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