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石头;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...
他无法确定地板是木头的还是石头的。
People often don't appreciate that marble is a natural stone.
人们经常不了解大理石是一种天然石料。
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石子;小石块
A stone is a small piece of rock that is found on the ground.
例句
He removed a stone from his shoe...
他从鞋子里倒出一块石子。
The crowd began throwing stones.
人群开始扔石块。
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(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.
例句
The monument consists of a circle of gigantic stones.
该遗址由一圈巨大的石碑组成。
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(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.
例句
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。
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。
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宝石
You can refer to a jewel as a stone .
例句
...a diamond ring with three stones.
镶有 3 颗钻石的戒指
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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.
例句
He had kidney stones.
他有肾结石。
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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
给…去核
If you stone a fruit, you remove its stone.
例句
Then stone the fruit and process the plums to a puree.
然后去核再将李子加工成糊状。
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VERB
向…扔石头;用石头砸
If people stone someone or something, they throw stones at them.
例句
Youths burned cars and stoned police...
年轻人烧汽车，并向警察扔石头。
A post office was set on fire and vehicles were stoned by looters.
抢劫犯放火烧了一家邮局，并用石头砸车。
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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.
例句
I weighed around 16 stone.
我体重约为16英石。
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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.
例句
...a two-bedroom apartment just a stone's throw from the beach...
离海滩只有几步之遥的一套两居室公寓
Just a stone's throw away is the City Art Gallery.
不远处就是市美术馆。
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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.
例句
He said he would leave no stone unturned in the search for peace.
他说他会尽一切努力去寻求和平。