读音

/stoʊn/

释义

• 名词:

  • 硬石，岩石。例如: “The statue was carved from a single block of stone.”
  • 石头，鹅卵石。例如: “The child was playing with small stones in the garden.”
  • 钻石（珠宝）。例如: “She wore a beautiful diamond ring on her finger.”
  • (某些单位)磅（用于某些国家的体重单位）。例如: “He weighs in at 14 stone.”

• 形容词:

  • 坚硬如石的。例如: “The ground was frozen solid, as hard as stone.”
  • 不可改变的，固定的。例如: “Their decision was set in stone; there was no changing it.”

短语

• “throw a stone” 扔石头。
• “at one’s fingertips” (习语)手边的，容易得到的，例如: “All the information he needed was at his fingertips.”
• “a stone’s throw away” (习语)很近的地方，例如: “The park is just a stone’s throw from my house.”

例句

• 名词: “The ancient castle walls were made of massive stone blocks.”
• 形容词: “The old well had a stone cover that had been there for centuries.”

同义词

• rock
• pebble
• boulder
• sedimentary
• igneous