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石頭;石料
Stone is a hard solid substance found in the ground and often used for building houses.
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。
People often don't appreciate that marble is a natural stone.
人們經常不了解大理石是一種天然石料。
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石子;小石塊
A stone is a small piece of rock that is found on the ground.
例句
He removed a stone from his shoe...
他從鞋子里倒出一塊石子。
The crowd began throwing stones.
人群開始扔石塊。
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(作為宗教標志的)石碑;紀念碑
A stone is a large piece of stone put somewhere in memory of a person or event, or as a religious symbol.
例句
The monument consists of a circle of gigantic stones.
該遺址由一圈巨大的石碑組成。
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(表示觀念或規則固定而不可改變)板上釘釘，鐵板釘釘
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.
例句
He is merely throwing the idea forward for discussion, it is not cast in stone...
他只是提出這個觀點供討論，它還沒板上釘釘。
Scientific opinions are not carved on tablets of stone; they change over the years.
科學觀點并非一成不變;它們隨著時間而改變。
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寶石
You can refer to a jewel as a stone .
例句
...a diamond ring with three stones.
鑲有 3 顆鉆石的戒指
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結石
A stone is a small hard ball of minerals and other substances which sometimes forms in a person's kidneys or gall bladder.
例句
He had kidney stones.
他有腎結石。
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果核
The stone in a plum, cherry, or other fruit is the large hard seed in the middle of it.
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VERB
給…去核
If you stone a fruit, you remove its stone.
例句
Then stone the fruit and process the plums to a puree.
然后去核再將李子加工成糊狀。
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VERB
向…扔石頭;用石頭砸
If people stone someone or something, they throw stones at them.
例句
Youths burned cars and stoned police...
年輕人燒汽車，并向警察扔石頭。
A post office was set on fire and vehicles were stoned by looters.
搶劫犯放火燒了一家郵局，并用石頭砸車。
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英石(重量單位，相當于 14 磅或6.35公斤)
A stone is a measurement of weight, especially the weight of a person, equal to 14 pounds or 6.35 kilograms.
例句
I weighed around 16 stone.
我體重約為16英石。
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PHRASE
離…不遠的;在…附近的
If you say that one place is a stone's throw from another, you mean that the places are close to each other.
例句
...a two-bedroom apartment just a stone's throw from the beach...
離海灘只有幾步之遙的一套兩居室公寓
Just a stone's throw away is the City Art Gallery.
不遠處就是市美術館。
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PHRASE
挖空心思;千方百計;用盡一切手段
If you say that you will leave no stone unturned, you are emphasizing that you will try every way you can think of in order to achieve what you want.
例句
He said he would leave no stone unturned in the search for peace.
他說他會盡一切努力去尋求和平。