词汇精选:stone的用法和辨析
一、详细释义:
n.
(常用于名词前作定语或用以构成复合词)石,石头,岩石,石料 [U]
例句:
He could not tell whether the floor was wood or stone
他无法确定地板是木头的还是石头的。
例句:
The house is surrounded by stones walls.
这房子四面围着石墙。
石块,石子,碎石 [C]
例句:
Below us, thousands of fur seals flop around in a frenzy.
在我们的脚下,数以千计的海豹在下面翻腾。
例句:
She throw a stone into the pond and watch the ripples spread.
她把一块石头扔进池塘里,看著水的波纹扩散开。
(加工成某形状作某用途的)石块 [C]
例句:
This is a piece of stone shaped for a particular purpose.
这是一块加工过作特殊用途的石块。
例句:
There were words carved on the stone beside his grave to commemorate his contribution to the science.
墓碑上刻着颂词以纪念他对科学做出的贡献。
宝石,钻石 [C]
例句:
There is a shiny fossil stone called amber in the beautiful box.
漂亮的盒子里有一种光彩夺目的化石,名为琥珀。
例句:
A diamond ring with five stones is quite expensive.
镶有五颗宝石的钻戒十分昂贵。
果核(如杏、橄榄、李子、樱桃、桃的)[C]
例句:
There is a big stone in the centre of a peach.
桃子中心有一个大核儿。
例句:
It is very strange that there is no stone in the cherry.
这颗樱桃竟然没核,很奇怪。
(常构成复合词)(膀胱或肾脏中的)结石 [C]
例句:
Luckily the kidney stone passed before she had to be hospitalized.
幸好这个肾结石在她必须住院之前化掉了。
例句:
The doctor advised him to have an operation to remove the bladder stone.
医生建议他做手术摘除膀胱结石。
【复数不变】英石(英国重量单位,等於6.35千克或14磅)[C]
例句:
She is on a diet to lose a stone.
她在节食以减少一英石的体重。
例句:
Nobody believes that she once weighed over 10 stones.
没人相信她曾经体重超10英石。
v.
向(某人)扔石块,用石头砸(某人)(尤指旧时作为惩罚手段) [T]
例句:
The white boy stoned me.
白人男孩向我扔石块。
例句:
The criminal was stoned to death.
罪犯被人们用石头砸死。
去掉(水果)的核 [T]
例句:
Mother helped the boy to stoned the olive and then fed him.
母亲帮助男孩去掉橄榄核,然后喂他吃。
例句:
She washed and stoned the cherries.
她把樱桃洗净并去核。
二、词义辨析:
jewel,jewellery,stone,gem
这些名词均有“宝石”之意。jewel多指贵重的宝石,是经过切削打磨,通常镶嵌在胸针、项链或其它装饰物上的玉。jewellery是珠宝的总称,泛指各类珠宝,既指佩带或衣服的珠宝饰物,又指用普通金属、塑料或假宝石制作的装饰物。stone特别强调稀少罕见或值钱的矿物。gem指经切割、磨光的宝石,引申指珍品、佳作。
三、相关短语:
foundation stone
n.(特指建筑物等开工典礼上放置的)基石,基础,根源
leave no stone unturned
千方百计,竭尽全力,不遗余力
philosopher's stone
点金石
precious stone
n.宝石
stone fruit
n.[植]核果
stone's throw
n. 短距离
blue stone
蓝石
cherry stone
n.樱桃核
china stone
瓷石
cinnamon stone
桂榴石,肉桂石
coping stone
盖石,压顶石
emery stone
金刚砂磨石,刚砂石
四、参考例句:
Stone is hard.
石头很坚硬。
Level the city stone by stone to an extinct waste.
一块石头一块石头地夷平该市,使它成为一片没有人烟的荒原。
This is a stone bridge.
这是一座石桥。
This stone is very heavy.
这个石头很重。
The stone shattered the window.
石头打碎了窗户。
Ed Sheeran weighed 15 stone at his heaviest , but has since dropped four stone and weighs 11 stone .
艾德·希兰最重的时候有15英石,但是后来减了4英石重11英石了。
A stone hit him on the temple.
一块石头击中了他的太阳穴。
He cast a stone into the river.
他向河中投了一块石子。
The stone caught me on the nose.
石头打中我的鼻子。
The stone caught him on the leg.
石块击中他的腿。