名词

1.不可数名词：（常用作定语或用以构成复合词）石； 石头； 岩石

2.可数名词：石块； 石子； 碎石

3.可数名词：加工成某形状作某用途的石块

4.可数名词：宝石； 钻石

5.可数名词：核（如杏、橄榄、李子、樱桃、桃的）

6.可数名词：结石（膀胱或肾脏中的）

7.可数名词：【复数不变】石（重量单位, 等於14磅）

及物动词：

1. 向（某人）扔石块；用石头砸（某人）（尤指旧时作为惩罚手段）

2.去掉（水果）的核

单词分析

这些名词均有“宝石”之意。

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。

英语解释

material consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those making up the Earth's crust

remove the pits from

United States jurist who was named chief justice of the United States Supreme Court in 1941 by Franklin D. Roosevelt (1872-1946)

United States journalist who advocated liberal causes (1907-1989)

a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter

United States architect (1902-1978)

kill by throwing stones at

of any of various dull tannish or grey colors

a crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry

the hard inner (usually woody) layer of the pericarp of some fruits (as peaches or plums or cherries or olives) that contains the seed

an avoirdupois unit used to measure the weight of a human body; equal to 14 pounds

United States feminist and suffragist (1818-1893)

United States filmmaker (born in 1946)

United States jurist who served on the United States Supreme Court as chief justice (1872-1946)

building material consisting of a piece of rock hewn in a definite shape for a special purpose

a lack of feeling or expression or movement