stone

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stone作可數(shù)名詞時(shí),基本意思是“石頭,石塊,石子,碎石”,指小塊的石頭,有時(shí)還可表示“寶石,鉆石”,引申可表示“無情”,指人鐵石心腸。
stone還可作“石料”解,是不可數(shù)名詞。
表示“一塊石頭”用a stone或a piece of stone都可以。
stone還可作定語,譯為“石的,石制的”。
stone在表示抽象意義時(shí),無復(fù)數(shù)形式。

(ROCK) the hard, solid substance found in the ground that is often used for building, or a piece of this
(WEIGHT) a unit of weight equal to 14 pounds or 6.35 kilograms, used especially when talking about a person's weight
(JEWEL) a small piece of a hard, valuable substance, such as a diamond, that is found in the ground and used in jewellery
(SEED) a large, hard seed inside some types of fruit
(THROW ROCKS) to throw stones at something or someone
(REMOVE SEED) to remove the stone from a fruit

Stone is a hard solid substance found in the ground and often used for building houses.
A stone is a small piece of rock that is found on the ground.
A stone is a large piece of stone put somewhere in memory of a person or event, or as a religious symbol.
Stone is used in expressions such as set in stone and tablets of stone to suggest that an idea or rule is firm and fixed, and cannot be changed.
You can refer to a jewel as a stone.
A stone is a small hard ball of minerals and other substances which sometimes forms in a person's kidneys or gallbladder.
The stone in a plum, cherry, or other fruit is the large hard seed in the middle of it.
If people stone someone or something, they throw stones at them.
&rarrsee also stepping stone , stoned