stone

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ldoce_319_dstone1 /stəʊn $ stoʊn/ S2 W1 noun

1 rock 岩石 [uncountableU]HEG a hard solid mineral substance 石头；岩石；石料

a stone wall

石墙

stone steps

石台阶

The floors are made of stone.

地面是石头铺成的。

→5 See picture of pebbles 卵石, stones 石头, fossil 化石, precious stone宝石 →4 See picture of 见图 stone

2 piece of rock 石块 [countableC]HEG a small piece of rock of any shape, found on the ground 石块，石子 SYN American English rock

A handful of protesters began throwing stones at the police.

有几个抗议者开始朝警察投掷石块。

3. jewellery 珠宝 [countableC]DCJ a jewel 宝石 SYN precious stone →5 see picture at 见图 jewellery

4. fruit 水果 [countableC] British EnglishBrEHBP the large hard part at the centre of some fruits, such as a peach or cherry, which contains the seed 果核 SYN American English pit →4 See picture of 见图 FRUIT 1 →5 see picture at 见图 fruit1

5. medical 医学的 [countableC]MI a ball of hard material that can form in organs such as your bladder or kidneys 〔膀胱或肾脏等器官中的〕结石

6. weight 重量 (plural stone) [countableC] (written abbreviation st) a British unit for measuring weight, equal to 14 pounds or 6.35 kilograms 英石〔英国的重量单位，等于14磅或6.35千克〕

7 a stone’s throw from something/away (from something) NEARvery close to something 在（某物）投石可及的距离，非常靠近（某物），在（某物）附近

The hotel is only a stone’s throw from the beach.

这家酒店离海滩很近。

8. be made of stone (also have a heart of stone)EMOTIONAL# to not show any emotions or pity for someone 冷酷无情，有一副铁石心肠

Examples from the Corpus

be made of stone• Before the steel skeleton, tall buildings were made of stone.• The floors throughout the house are made of stone, including upstairs!

9 not be carved/etched in stone used to say an idea or plan could change 〔想法、计划等〕并非不可更改

John has several new ideas for the show, but nothing is etched in stone yet.

约翰对这个节目有一些新的构想，但现在还什么都没定。

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not be carved/etched in stone• John has several new ideas for the show, but nothing is etched in stone yet.

10 leave no stone unturned to do everything you can in order to find something or to solve a problem 千方百计，想尽一切办法

Jarvis left no stone unturned in his search to find the ring.

贾维斯千方百计寻找那枚戒指。

Examples from the Corpus

leave no stone unturned• If a solution can be found, Mr Danby, I shall leave no stone unturned until I have found it.• Union leaders have promised to leave no stone unturned in their search for a way to keep the factory open.• Henry was a boy who left no stone unturned, and he got a torch and shone the beam inside.

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stone• Does he believe that one can get blood out of a stone?• a stone wall• It is not difficult to construct your own labyrinth, either in stones or cut into your lawn.• Messina is a city built of stone.• The gold ring was set with four precious stones.• Bernice knelt at the wall, pressing her ear against the stone.• And he insists that the museum trustees acted without authority when they gave the stones away.• He is afraid of falling and of the stone floor under him.• Kids were throwing stones into the water.• The Oxford sequences were shot in Edinburgh and the uncompromising stone facades of that city become darker and darker.

stone wall• The bonnet was embedded in a stone wall.• A stile over a stone wall led into a field whose furthest wall consisted of the grey squat towers of the castle.• A stone wall had subsequently been inserted, obscuring its original width.• Placing one hand on the cold stone wall for guidance, she plunged forward.• Opposite, the fields of the abbey stretched to its grey stone walls.• There was a shoulder-high stone wall, rooted with ivy-leaved toadflax.• It flickered over stone walls, glinting on darker, shinier patches here and there.• It does not respect stone walls.

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