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bluestone

/bloo-stohn/US // ˈbluˌstoʊn //UK // (ˈbluːˌstəʊn) //

蓝石,青石,蓝岩,青石板

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a bluish, argillaceous sandstone used for building purposes, flagging, etc.

Examples

  • He just went where whim and the bluestone took him, working entirely by hand.

  • Where these bluestones can be found in abundance, however, is 150 miles away in Wales at a place called the Preseli Hills.

  • Inside is yet another ring, dating back at least 2,000 years, made of so-called bluestones — igneous rocks, each weighing between two and four tons, not indigenous to the area.

  • The site is near quarries previously identified as sources of smaller Stonehenge stones, known as bluestones.

  • She walked down the bluestone and blacktop driveway and through shadows thrown by the branches of seven leafless oak trees.

  • The term “Bluestone” in the West of England meant holy stone.

  • A smooth road of bluestone with a surface like velvet, rarely broken by badly paved or badly worn sections, ran straight south.

  • Martin, in despair, has taken to horse-doctoring his yaws with bluestone and to blessing the Solomons.

  • Two people should work together and pour the milk of lime and the bluestone solution together so that the streams mix in pouring.

  • Sprinkle a little copper sulfate (bluestone) in the flame of a Bunsen burner.