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小知识
Another name for a stone, or hard mineral lump, is a rock. If you turn over a large stone in the forest, you might find a whole colony of worms, beetles, and other creepy-crawlies living underneath.
Stones are commonly used to build walls and buildings. Sculptures are carved from stone, and patios and garden walls are constructed of individual stones. Someone who seems to have “turned to stone” becomes as unmoving and unemotional as a piece of rock. Sometimes a valuable gem is colloquially called a stone, and the hard pit in a plum or apricot is another kind of stone. A stone is also a unit of measuring weight in Britain—equal to 14 pounds.
实用短语
常用短语
单词用法
jewel:多指贵重的宝石,是经过切削打磨,通常镶嵌在胸针、项链或其它装饰物上的玉。
jewellery:是珠宝的总称,泛指各类珠宝,既指佩带或衣服的珠宝饰物,又指用普通金属、塑料或假宝石制作的装饰物。
stone:特别强调稀少罕见或值钱的矿物。
gem:指经切割、磨光的宝石,引申指珍品、佳作。
stone还可作“石料”解,是不可数名词。
natural stone天然石;天然石材;天然宝石
stone age石器时代
foundation stone基石;根源
同义词辨析
这些名词均有”宝石”之意。
同根词
词根:stone
adj.stony无情的;多石的;石头的
stoned除去核的;有核的;醉酒的
adv.stonily冷酷地;石头地
n.stoner碎石机;看似吸了很多毒品的人
stoning河床铺石
v.stoned向…扔石头(stone的过去式和过去分词)