stone
英[stəʊn]
美[ston]
- n. 石头；结石；[宝] 宝石
- adj. 石的，石制的
- vt. 向扔石块；用石头铺
- n. (Stone)人名；(捷)斯托内；(瑞典)斯托内；(英)斯通
英英释意
- 1. a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter;
- "he threw a rock at me"
- 2. material consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those making up the Earth's crust;
- "that mountain is solid rock"
- "stone is abundant in New England and there are many quarries"
- 3. building material consisting of a piece of rock hewn in a definite shape for a special purpose;
- "he wanted a special stone to mark the site"
- 4. a crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry;
- "he had the gem set in a ring for his wife"
- "she had jewels made of all the rarest stones"
- 5. the hard inner (usually woody) layer of the pericarp of some fruits (as peaches or plums or cherries or olives) that contains the seed;
- "you should remove the stones from prunes before cooking"
- 6. an avoirdupois unit used to measure the weight of a human body; equal to 14 pounds;
- "a heavy chap who must have weighed more than twenty stone"
- 7. a lack of feeling or expression or movement;
- "he must have a heart of stone"
- "her face was as hard as stone"