stone
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Danh từ
noun- 1.
(uncountable)(uncountable, geology) A hard earthen substance that can form rocks; especially, such substance when regarded as a building material.
Đồng nghĩa: rock
- 2.
(countable)(countable, geology) A piece of such material: a block of stone, rock or a pebble.
- 3.
(countable, uncountable)A gemstone, a jewel, especially a diamond.
- 4.
(British, countable, uncountable)A unit of weight equal to 14 pounds (≈6.3503 kilograms), formerly used for various commodities (wool, cheese, etc.), but now principally used for personal weight. Abbreviated as st.
British people measure their weight in stones and pounds. I weigh eight stone five.
- 5.
(countable, uncountable)(botany) The central part of some fruits, particularly drupes; consisting of the seed and a hard endocarp layer.
Near-synonym: pip
a peach stone
Đồng nghĩa: pit, seed pit, pyrena, pyrene, pip
- 6.
(countable, uncountable)(medicine) A hard, stone-like deposit.
Đồng nghĩa: calculus
- 7.
(countable, uncountable)(board games) A playing piece made of any hard material, used in various board games such as backgammon and go.
- 8.
(countable, uncountable)A dull light grey or beige, like that of some stones.
- 9.
(countable, uncountable)(curling) A 42-pound, precisely shaped piece of granite with a handle attached, which is bowled down the ice.
Đồng nghĩa: curling stone
- 10.
(countable, uncountable)A monument to the dead; a gravestone or tombstone.
- 11.
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)A mirror, or its glass.
- 12.
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)A testicle.
- 13.
(countable, historical, uncountable)(printing, historical) A stand or table with a smooth, flat top of stone, commonly marble, on which to arrange the pages of a book, newspaper, etc. before printing.
Đồng nghĩa: imposing stone
Tính từ
adjective- 1.
(not comparable)Constructed of stone.
stone walls
Đồng nghĩa: stonen
- 2.
(not comparable)Having the appearance of stone.
stone pot
- 3.
(not comparable)Of a dull light grey or beige, like that of some stones.
- 4.
(not comparable)(African-American Vernacular) Used as an intensifier.
She is one stone fox.
- 5.
(not comparable, slang)(LGBTQ, slang) Willing to give sexual pleasure but not to receive it.
stone butch
stone femme
Trạng từ
adverb- 1.
(not comparable)As a stone (used with following adjective).
My father is stone deaf. This soup is stone cold.
- 2.
(not comparable, slang)Absolutely, completely (used with following adjectives).
I went stone crazy after she left.
I said the medication made my vision temporarily blurry, it did not make me stone blind.
Động từ
verb- 1.
(transitive)To pelt with stones; especially, to kill by pelting with stones.
stoned to death
She got stoned to death after they found her.
- 2.
(transitive)To wall or wall up with stones.
Đồng nghĩa: stean
- 3.
(transitive)To remove a stone from (fruit etc.).
Đồng nghĩa: destone, pit
- 4.
(intransitive)To form a stone during growth, with reference to fruit etc.
- 5.
(slang, transitive)Especially of cannabis or narcotics: To intoxicate. (Usually in passive)
- 6.
(Singapore, intransitive, slang)To do nothing, to stare blankly into space and not pay attention when relaxing or when bored.
- 7.
(transitive)To lap with an abrasive stone to remove surface irregularities.
Before they did the setup on the machining center, they stoned the table to knock down any nicked burrs.
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ine-pro From Middle English ston, stone, stan, from Old English stān, from *stain, from Proto-Germanic *stainaz (stone), from Proto-Indo-European *steyh₂- (to stiffen). 2 cog Cognate with stane, sthoan, stean, stian, stiin, stiinj (stone), Steen, stien, Steei, Staa, Steen, Stään (stone), steen, Stein, Steen, Stein (stone), Steen, śtan, שטיין, sten, stien, steinur, stain, steinn, stein, sten (stone…