| 单词 | stoneflies |
| 释义 | stone /stōn/noun
To form a stone ORIGIN: OE stān; Ger Stein, Du steen stoned adjective
stoneˈless adjective stonˈen or stonˈern adjective (obsolete or dialect) Of stone stonˈer noun
stonˈily adverb stonˈiness noun stonˈing noun stonˈy adjective
Stone Age noun A stage of culture before the general use of metal, divided into the Old (Palaeolithic), Middle (Mesolithic) and the New Stone Age (Neolithic) Stoneˈ-Age or stoneˈ-age adjective (often figurative). stone axe noun
stone bass /bas/ noun A large marine perch (Polyprion americanus) of the Atlantic, Mediterranean and Tasman Sea, reputed to frequent wrecked ships (also called wreck fish) stoneˈ-blind adjective Completely blind stoneˈboat noun (N American) A low sled for carrying rocks or other heavy objects stone boiling noun A primitive method of boiling water by putting hot stones in it stoneˈborer or stoneˈ-eater noun Any boring mollusc stone bramble noun A bramble (Rubus saxatilis) of rocky places stoneˈbrash noun A soil of finely broken rock stoneˈbreak noun Another name for saxifrage stoneˈ-breaker noun
stone-broke see stony-broke below. stone canal noun A calcified vertical tube in the water-vascular system of echinoderms stoneˈcast or stone'sˈ-cast noun A stone('s) throw stone cell noun (botany) A cell not much longer than it is broad, with thick lignified walls stoneˈchat noun A small European songbird (Saxicola torquata) of gorse heathland, with a call resembling the sound of two stones being banged together stone circle noun A circle of prehistoric standing stones stone coal noun
stone-coldˈ adjective Cold as a stone (stone-cold sober completely free of (esp alcohol-induced) excitement or passion, utterly sober) stoneˈ-colour noun and adjective Light brownish-grey stoneˈ-coloured adjective stone crab see king crab under king stoneˈ-crazy or stoneˈ-mad adjective Completely crazy or mad stoneˈcrop noun
stone curlew noun A large ploverlike wading bird (Burhinus oedicnemus), that habitually nests on stony ground (also called thick knee) stoneˈcutter noun
stoneˈcutting noun stoneˈ-dead adjective
stoneˈ-deaf adjective Completely deaf stone dresser noun A person who prepares stones for building, a stonemason stone-eater see stoneborer above. stone-facedˈ or stony-facedˈ adjective Revealing no emotion stone falcon or stone hawk noun The merlin, from its habit of using a stony outcrop as a ‘plucking-post’ stoneˈfish noun Any poisonous tropical scorpaenid fish of the family Synanceiidae, which resembles a stone on the seabed stoneˈfly noun A plecopterous insect (Perla) whose larvae live under stones in streams stone fruit noun Any fruit with a stone, a drupe stoneˈground adjective (of flour) ground between millstones stone hammer noun
stoneˈhand noun (printing) An imposer, a person who sets the type in the chase stoneˈ-hard adjective (Shakespeare) As hard as a stone stone hawk see stone falcon above. stoneˈhorse noun (rare) A stallion stone-lilˈy noun A fossil crinoid stone loach noun A scaleless, bottom-living fish, Noemacheilus barbatulus, of European rivers, and sometimes lakes stone-mad see stone-crazy above. stone marten noun
stoneˈmason noun A mason who works with stone stoneˈmasonry noun stone parsley noun An umbelliferous plant (Sison amomum) similar to parsley, with aromatic seeds stone pine noun A Mediterranean pine (Pinus pinea) with umbrella-shaped branches and edible seeds or nuts stone pit noun A quarry stone plover noun Another name for the stone curlew stoneˈrag or stoneˈraw noun (OE ragu lichen) a lichen (Parmelia saxatilis) yielding a dye stone saw noun A toothless saw for cutting stone stone's-cast see stonecast above. stoneˈshot noun
stone snipe noun A N American plover, Totanus melanoleucus stone'sˈ-throw noun The distance a stone may be thrown, hence, a fairly short distance stoneˈ-still adverb and adjective (Shakespeare) As still as a stone stonewallˈ intransitive verb To hold up progress, (in parliament) by obstructing discussion, (in cricket) by batting extremely defensively transitive verb To delay (a bill in parliament) by stonewalling stonewallˈer noun stonewallˈing noun stoneˈware noun
stoneˈwashed adjective (of new clothes) given an old faded appearance using small pieces of pumice stoneˈwork noun Work in (usu dressed) stone stoneˈwort noun
stony-brokeˈ adjective (slang) Penniless, or nearly so (also stonˈy, stone-brokeˈ) stony coral noun Any variety of coral that forms reefs stony-faced see stone-faced above. stony-heartˈed adjective Hard-hearted stonˈy-iron meteorite noun One containing both metal and stony material leave no stone unturned To do everything that can be done in order to secure the effect desired mark with a white stone To mark as particularly fortunate set in stone (as if) engraved on stone and hence fixed and unalterable stone me! and stone the crows! (slang) Expressions of astonishment |
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