stone

1.stone统指“石”，是物质名词，a stone是“一块石头”，stones是“多块石头”。

2.下面四句都作“他住得离邮局很近”解：

• He lives a stone's throw from the post-office.
• He lives within a stone's throw of the post-office.
• He lives not a stone's throw from the post-office.
• He lives within not a stone's throw of the post-office.

下面几点该注意：

（1）把throw改作cast也可以，但不很普通。

（2）a stone's throw直译作“一块石头所投得到的距离”解，就是“很短的距离”。

（3）这语的前面加上了not作“不满一块石头所投得到的距离”解，也是“很短的距离”的意思，但不很普通。

（4）a stone's throw里的's偶尔被省去。

（5）It is not exactly a stone's throw from here直译作“这个离开这里并不正是一块石头所投得到距离”，实际说“这个离开这里很远”。