stone-ware /'staunwea(r); NAmE ’stounwer/ noun [U] pots, dishes, etc. made
from clay that contains a small
amount of the hard stone called
fcOLfl
stone-washed /'staunwojt; NAmE 'stounwaij't; -woijt/ adj. (of jeans, etc. washed in a special way so
that the cloth loses some colour and looks older ft 0 ;Jc
tftft
stone-work /'staunw3:k; NAmE 'stounw3irk/ noun [U] the parts of a building
that are made of stone (
ft )
stoni-Sy /'staunili; A/Amf 'stoun-/ adv. in a way that
shows a lack of feeling or sympathy A1#
life;
AS
life: She stared stonily at him for a minute. M
stonk-er /’stm]ka(r); NAmE 'stair)-; 'stoiijk-/ noun (BrE, informal) an extremely large or
impressive thing # A M; )
stonk-ing /'stDrjkirj; NAmE 'stairjk-; 'stoirjk-/ adj. [usually before noun] [BrE, informal) extremely large or impressive
®Aft;
^fctft; fcbfeft
stony /'stauni; NAmE 'stouni/ adj. (stoni-er, stoni est)
1
having a lot of stones on it or in it ft; fj^ft:
stony soil g fj ft ± ^ 2 showing a lack of
feeling or sympathy M ft; Alt ft; &M ft Em cold :
They
listened
to him in stony silence.
{&i#0
FTTH fall on stony ground to fail to produce the result
or the effect that you hope for; to have little success */*£M$ft*SII ( stony 'broke = flat
broke at flat adv.
.stony-'faced adj. not showing any friendly feelings
mtft; *H£ft
.stony-'hearted adj. cruel or not sympathetic
?£B£ft;
ftm-, m
StOOd pt, pp Of STAND
stooge /stu:d3/ noun 1 (informal, usually disapproving) a person who is used by sb to
do things that are unpleasant or dishonest ^ A {£ ft A ; A; X M
2
a performer in a show whose role is to appear silly so
that the other performers can make jokes about him or her ( ) Eft
stool /stuil/ noun 1 (often in compounds ii)
a seat with legs but with nothing to support your back or arms a bar stool o a piano stool $3^
#
— picture o bar, chair, piano 2 (medical E) a piece of solid waste from
your body AIM; H{§1 ITiTTn see two
'stool
pigeon noun (informal) a person, especially a
criminal, who helps the police to catch another criminal, for example by
spending time with them and getting secret information ( It ft ) ^A,
Em INFORMER
stoop /stuip/ verb, noun
m verb [V] 1 - (down) to bend your body forwards and downwards {Iff #; l)t:: She stooped down to
pick up
the child. M {Iff # IS ^2 X <> 0 The doorway was so
low that he had to stoop, f ] |ij$ {g ^, ItMft T A X M A 0 2 to stand or walk with your head
and shoulders bent forwards ( M
to believe anyone would
stoop so low as to steal a ring from a dead woman’s finger.
^A-X^AftAAX-fliXMfro
iadikyi stoop to sth to drop your moral standards to do sth bad
or unpleasant ) #'J{$!£♦: You
surely don’t think I’d stoop
to that! Aft^T
III
UP H X BE ! o [+ -ing] I didn’t think he’d
stoop to cheating. It^ftiL&TMTTJUMo a noun 1 [sing.] if sb has a stoop, their shoulders are
always bent forward ft #; Jit# 2 [C] (NAmE) a raised area outside the door of
a house with steps leading up to it HMp
stooped /stuipt/ adj. 1 standing or walking
with your head and shoulders bent forwards '•% ( stlrX)
ft 2 stooped shoulders are bent forwards ffi#
ft
Stop
tH» /stop;
NAmE staip/
verb, noun
» verb (
pp-)
3
NOT MOVE AAlj 1 to no longer move; to
make sb/sth no longer move ( {jt ) {?lfc,
T: [V]
The car stopped at the traffic lights. Hft-QTTI. 0 We stopped for
the night in Port
® 0 [VN] He was
stopped by the police for
speeding. To
4
NOT CONTINUE 2 to
no longer continue to do
sth; to make sb/sth no
longer do sth ( {£ ) A ®T, If it: [V -ing] That phone never stops ringing!
# T bIr1 ft W 1^ ! 0 Please stop crying and tell me what’s
wrong. Xfl^Xo o [V] She criticizes
everyone and the trouble is,
she doesn’t know when to
stop, mmmn■, ms., o
Can’t you just stop? {(p ft T tis
If ^ ? 0 [VN] Stop me
(= make
me stop talking) if I’m boring you.
It I® It IT®T ft,<> O Stop it! You’re hurting me. f±T! {ftjfi ft#^ 7 o O [V
wh-] Mike immediately stopped what he was doing. ITRH Notice
the
difference between stop doing sth and stop to do sth : We stopped taking
pictures, means
‘We were no longer taking pictures.’; We stopped to take pictures. means
‘We stopped what we were doing so that we could start taking pictures.’ stop
doing sth jfl stop to do sth |h]ft IX#l]:
We stopped taking pictures.
CIZFUM
T ; M We stopped to take pictures. ^ ® 13 fk
5
END tp A 3 to
end or finish; to make sth end or finish
( {■£ ) ££ it: [V] When is this
fighting going to
stop? &%]&Jlil]ft* '& Bt ? 0 The bus service stops
at
stopped raining yet? M#
T ? 0 [VN] Doctors couldn’t stop the bleeding. E
4 it E E iM o o The referee was forced to stop the game because of
heavy snow, tb AT A
w,
6
PREVENT |h A 4 ~ sb/sth (from
doing sth) (BrE also)
~ sb/sth (doing sth) to prevent sb from doing sth; to prevent
sth from happening ffl.it; fflfi#; fflf^.; f^Jt: [VN] I
want to go and you can’t stop me. ft
{±fto 0 We need more laws to stop
pollution, ftflfrlc AM £
& W A it n '9k o O There’s nothing to stop
you from accepting the offer. {ftlsL oj 0
There’s no stopping us now (= nothing can prevent
us from achieving what we want to achieve). TJfi £ ft 1$ AEfflfSftCl T c
0 You can’t stop people from saying what
they think. IftfflltTTo
0
(BrE also) [VN -ing] You can’t stop people
saying what they think. 'Amm&fe'ATSL,
WMltETo
7
FOR SHORT TIME bill f |n) 5 [V] ~ (for sth) | ~ (to do sth) to
end an activity for a
short time in order to do sth W #, )
: I’m
hungry. Let’s stop for
lunch. Itil 1 o We stopped to
admire the scenery. It 111 A ^ T 5]51^ 'R: - • T M. f: 0 0 People just don’t stop
to think about the consequences. A
{in m it JiT; #
t tiM # o cma m spoken
English,
stop can be used with and plus another verb,
instead of with to and
the infinitive, to show purpose: He stopped and bought some flowers, o Let’s stop and look at the map. ft ^ i§ P A, stop of VJ,^ and
k% — it)MTffl^to ftT^^^/TSft: He stopped and
bought some flowers. O Let’s stop and look at the map.
8
NOT FUNCTION TX fi 6 to no longer work or
function; to make sth no longer work or function ( {<£ ) f itl
f|, {#.jtis^: [V] Why has the engine stopped? ‘Mtibtfl X X T ? ol felt as if my heart
had stopped. It MM0 {^ItftL'^ TSl T b- 0 [VN] / stopped the tape and
pressed rewind, ftff T W, STifim^lo
9
STAY M
m 7 [V] ~ (for sth) (BrE, informal) to
stay some
where for a short time, especially
at sb’s house jS j§, f#, f
j : I’m
not stopping. I just came to
give you this message. 11T I# T 0 It Ji A o’ 1ft & # ^ 0 o Can you stop for tea ? jfo^ T A ?
MONEY X;
8
[VN] ~ sth (from sth) to prevent money from being paid jtTt;
fft#; |P^: to stop a cheque (= tell the bank not
to pay it) M Xl If it fl X o (BrE) Dad