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单词 bluestone
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Definition of bluestone in English:

bluestone

noun ˈbluːstəʊnˈblustoʊn
mass noun
  • 1Any of various bluish or grey building stones.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Made of dark, impenetrable bluestone, long and narrow like the grave, you might say the feng shui is grim, not the place for a picnic.
    • Nor-Carla bluestone is a type of slate quarried exclusively in North Carolina.
    • Slog, slog, slog-with buckets of hot water to break up the ice in the water trough, with loads of cat litter or bluestone to deal with ice or mud, with hay for the pastures.
    • Adjacent to the lower pool, Sargent placed a patio paved with Connecticut bluestone.
    • It's made of bluestone with gilt decoration, and stands about 1.5m high at the topmost corner.
    • The same paving materials, brick and bluestone, are used throughout, but different paving patterns distinguish each area.
    • My description might sound a bit mechanistic - it is hard to describe in words - but these ramp spaces look wonderful with sunlight grazing and enlivening the original bluestone and the new glass walling in the late afternoon.
    • Built beneath a grandstand of lumpy bluestone, it features honour boards the length of the room and memorabilia cabinets filled with old footy boots and yellowing programs.
    • Until about 1960, it could fairly have been said that Melbourne's central city buildings were built mainly of bluestone, sandstone, brick, stucco or concrete, with the occasional addition of marble or granite.
    • Pembrokeshire's millennium bluestone has certainly not been associated with luck in the past.
    • A man in Co. Limerick found that blight could be controlled by an application of bluestone and lime, or bluestone and washing soda.
    • Dwarf mondo grass edges paths made from bluestone and black Mexican beach pebbles.
    • It stands on a low and unornamented polished granite plinth in the centre of a small square of bluestone which sits flush with the surrounding turf.
    • Petite plants don't obstruct views for drivers or pedestrians, and a generous border of bluestone interplanted with bluestar creeper allows guests ample room to open car doors and alight without stepping on the plants.
    • Sullivan leveled the top of the slope and installed a lawn, then built stairs of 3-inch-thick, randomly cut chunks of Connecticut bluestone on the base rock.
    • Home at last: the controversial bluestone is laid to rest in the National Botanic Garden of Wales, Carmarthenshire.
    • A winding path of bluestone connects the house to the pool and a new patio.
    • The river mouth was reinforced by low walls of bluestone in the latter part of the 19th Century and the stone walls hold the river to this day, protecting the boats and supporting the piers.
    • To the right of the manor stood some small buildings that were probably used as servants quarters, again made of bluestone.
    • Some horse owners prefer dirt floors with bluestone or clay for drainage and traditional straw or sawdust bedding.
    1. 1.1count noun Any of the smaller stones made of dolerite found in the inner part of Stonehenge.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The Preseli Hills, source of the Stonehenge bluestones, lie within one of the highly radiogenic areas in which the ‘Boscombe Bowmen’ were born.
      • The first such structure comprised two concentric circles of bluestones imported from southwest Wales set up around 2500 bc.
      • After the ill-fated attempt to drag it to Stonehenge, the notorious bluestone has finally reached its new home on the back of a lorry.
      • Weighing about four tons and between six and nine feet in height, the bluestones would have been transported 240 miles to the famous site at Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, England.
      • Several bluestones in the central oval were removed so that the remaining eleven formed a horseshoe imitating the trilithon setting.
 
 

Definition of bluestone in US English:

bluestone

nounˈblustoʊnˈblo͞ostōn
  • 1Any of various bluish or gray building stones.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The same paving materials, brick and bluestone, are used throughout, but different paving patterns distinguish each area.
    • Pembrokeshire's millennium bluestone has certainly not been associated with luck in the past.
    • It's made of bluestone with gilt decoration, and stands about 1.5m high at the topmost corner.
    • To the right of the manor stood some small buildings that were probably used as servants quarters, again made of bluestone.
    • The river mouth was reinforced by low walls of bluestone in the latter part of the 19th Century and the stone walls hold the river to this day, protecting the boats and supporting the piers.
    • Adjacent to the lower pool, Sargent placed a patio paved with Connecticut bluestone.
    • It stands on a low and unornamented polished granite plinth in the centre of a small square of bluestone which sits flush with the surrounding turf.
    • My description might sound a bit mechanistic - it is hard to describe in words - but these ramp spaces look wonderful with sunlight grazing and enlivening the original bluestone and the new glass walling in the late afternoon.
    • Dwarf mondo grass edges paths made from bluestone and black Mexican beach pebbles.
    • Sullivan leveled the top of the slope and installed a lawn, then built stairs of 3-inch-thick, randomly cut chunks of Connecticut bluestone on the base rock.
    • A man in Co. Limerick found that blight could be controlled by an application of bluestone and lime, or bluestone and washing soda.
    • Home at last: the controversial bluestone is laid to rest in the National Botanic Garden of Wales, Carmarthenshire.
    • Made of dark, impenetrable bluestone, long and narrow like the grave, you might say the feng shui is grim, not the place for a picnic.
    • Petite plants don't obstruct views for drivers or pedestrians, and a generous border of bluestone interplanted with bluestar creeper allows guests ample room to open car doors and alight without stepping on the plants.
    • Until about 1960, it could fairly have been said that Melbourne's central city buildings were built mainly of bluestone, sandstone, brick, stucco or concrete, with the occasional addition of marble or granite.
    • Built beneath a grandstand of lumpy bluestone, it features honour boards the length of the room and memorabilia cabinets filled with old footy boots and yellowing programs.
    • Slog, slog, slog-with buckets of hot water to break up the ice in the water trough, with loads of cat litter or bluestone to deal with ice or mud, with hay for the pastures.
    • Some horse owners prefer dirt floors with bluestone or clay for drainage and traditional straw or sawdust bedding.
    • A winding path of bluestone connects the house to the pool and a new patio.
    • Nor-Carla bluestone is a type of slate quarried exclusively in North Carolina.
    1. 1.1 Any of the smaller stones made of dolerite found in the inner part of Stonehenge.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Weighing about four tons and between six and nine feet in height, the bluestones would have been transported 240 miles to the famous site at Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, England.
      • The first such structure comprised two concentric circles of bluestones imported from southwest Wales set up around 2500 bc.
      • The Preseli Hills, source of the Stonehenge bluestones, lie within one of the highly radiogenic areas in which the ‘Boscombe Bowmen’ were born.
      • Several bluestones in the central oval were removed so that the remaining eleven formed a horseshoe imitating the trilithon setting.
      • After the ill-fated attempt to drag it to Stonehenge, the notorious bluestone has finally reached its new home on the back of a lorry.
 
 
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