詞彙精選:stone的用法和辨析
一、詳細釋義:
n.
(常用於名詞前作定語或用以構成複合詞)石,石頭,岩石,石料 [U]
例句:
He could not tell whether the floor was wood or stone
他無法確定地板是木頭的還是石頭的。
例句:
The house is surrounded by stones walls.
這房子四面圍着石牆。
石塊,石子,碎石 [C]
例句:
Below us, thousands of fur seals flop around in a frenzy.
在我們的腳下,數以千計的海豹在下面翻騰。
例句:
She throw a stone into the pond and watch the ripples spread.
她把一塊石頭扔進池塘裏,看著水的波紋擴散開。
(加工成某形狀作某用途的)石塊 [C]
例句:
This is a piece of stone shaped for a particular purpose.
這是一塊加工過作特殊用途的石塊。
例句:
There were words carved on the stone beside his grave to commemorate his contribution to the science.
墓碑上刻着頌詞以紀念他對科學做出的貢獻。
寶石,鑽石 [C]
例句:
There is a shiny fossil stone called amber in the beautiful box.
漂亮的盒子裏有一種光彩奪目的化石,名爲琥珀。
例句:
A diamond ring with five stones is quite expensive.
鑲有五顆寶石的鑽戒十分昂貴。
果核(如杏、橄欖、李子、櫻桃、桃的)[C]
例句:
There is a big stone in the centre of a peach.
桃子中心有一個大核兒。
例句:
It is very strange that there is no stone in the cherry.
這顆櫻桃竟然沒核,很奇怪。
(常構成複合詞)(膀胱或腎臟中的)結石 [C]
例句:
Luckily the kidney stone passed before she had to be hospitalized.
幸好這個腎結石在她必須住院之前化掉了。
例句:
The doctor advised him to have an operation to remove the bladder stone.
醫生建議他做手術摘除膀胱結石。
【複數不變】英石(英國重量單位,等於6.35千克或14磅)[C]
例句:
She is on a diet to lose a stone.
她在節食以減少一英石的體重。
例句:
Nobody believes that she once weighed over 10 stones.
沒人相信她曾經體重超10英石。
v.
向(某人)扔石塊,用石頭砸(某人)(尤指舊時作爲懲罰手段) [T]
例句:
The white boy stoned me.
白人男孩向我扔石塊。
例句:
The criminal was stoned to death.
罪犯被人們用石頭砸死。
去掉(水果)的核 [T]
例句:
Mother helped the boy to stoned the olive and then fed him.
母親幫助男孩去掉橄欖核,然後喂他吃。
例句:
She washed and stoned the cherries.
她把櫻桃洗淨並去核。
二、詞義辨析:
jewel,jewellery,stone,gem
這些名詞均有“寶石”之意。jewel多指貴重的寶石,是經過切削打磨,通常鑲嵌在胸針、項鍊或其它裝飾物上的玉。jewellery是珠寶的總稱,泛指各類珠寶,既指佩帶或衣服的珠寶飾物,又指用普通金屬、塑料或假寶石製作的裝飾物。stone特別強調稀少罕見或值錢的礦物。gem指經切割、磨光的寶石,引申指珍品、佳作。
三、相關短語:
foundation stone
n.(特指建築物等開工典禮上放置的)基石,基礎,根源
leave no stone unturned
千方百計,竭盡全力,不遺餘力
philosopher's stone
點金石
precious stone
n.寶石
stone fruit
n.[植]核果
stone's throw
n. 短距離
blue stone
藍石
cherry stone
n.櫻桃核
china stone
瓷石
cinnamon stone
桂榴石,肉桂石
coping stone
蓋石,壓頂石
emery stone
金剛砂磨石,剛砂石
四、參考例句:
Stone is hard.
石頭很堅硬。
Level the city stone by stone to an extinct waste.
一塊石頭一塊石頭地夷平該市,使它成爲一片沒有人煙的荒原。
This is a stone bridge.
這是一座石橋。
This stone is very heavy.
這個石頭很重。
The stone shattered the window.
石頭打碎了窗戶。
Ed Sheeran weighed 15 stone at his heaviest , but has since dropped four stone and weighs 11 stone .
艾德·希蘭最重的時候有15英石,但是後來減了4英石重11英石了。
A stone hit him on the temple.
一塊石頭擊中了他的太陽穴。
He cast a stone into the river.
他向河中投了一塊石子。
The stone caught me on the nose.
石頭打中我的鼻子。
The stone caught him on the leg.
石塊擊中他的腿。