The plural is usually stone in meaning 10. 义项 10 的复数形式通常为 stone。
1 N-MASS 石头;石料 Stone is a hard solid substance found in the ground and often used for building houses.
石头;石料 2 N-COUNT 石子;小石块 A
stone is a small piece of rock that is found on the ground.
石子;小石块 3 N-COUNT (作为宗教标志的)石碑;纪念碑 A
stone is a large piece of stone put somewhere in memory of a person or event, or as a religious symbol.
(作为宗教标志的)石碑;纪念碑 4 N-UNCOUNT (表示观念或规则固定而不可改变)板上钉钉,铁板钉钉 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.
(表示观念或规则固定而不可改变)板上钉钉,铁板钉钉 -
He is merely throwing the idea forward for discussion, it is not cast in stone.
他只是提出这个观点供讨论,它还没板上钉钉。
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Scientific opinions are not carved on tablets of stone; they change over the years.
科学观点并非一成不变;它们随着时间而改变。
5 N-COUNT 宝石 You can refer to a jewel as a
stone .
宝石 SYN gem,
jewel,
precious stone,
gemstone 6 N-COUNT [usually n NOUN] 结石 A
stone is a small hard ball of minerals and other substances which sometimes forms in a person's kidneys or gall bladder.
结石 -
He had kidney stones.
他有肾结石。
7 N-COUNT 果核 The
stone in a plum, cherry, or other fruit is the large hard seed in the middle of it.
果核 [mainly British] in AM, usually use 美国英语通常用 pit
8 VERB 给…去核 If you
stone a fruit, you remove its stone.
给…去核 [mainly British] in AM, usually use 美国英语通常用 pit
9 VERB 向…扔石头;用石头砸 If people
stone someone or something, they throw stones at them.
向…扔石头;用石头砸 10 N-COUNT 英石(重量单位,相当于 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.
→see usage note at: weight 英石(重量单位,相当于 14 磅或6.35公斤) 12 PHRASE 离…不远的;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.
离…不远的;在…附近的 13 PHRASE 挖空心思;千方百计;用尽一切手段 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.
挖空心思;千方百计;用尽一切手段 [emphasis] 14 kill two birds with one stone→see: bird View usage for:All yearsLast 10 yearsLast 50 yearsLast 100 yearsLast 300 years