I am quite a stone in the water and cannot swim.

在水里我就是一块石头，我游不了。

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When they dropped a stone into a wide tube, the water level raised in a connected narrow tube.

当他们把一块石头扔进一个粗试管时，相连的一个细试管里的水位上升了。

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Since all forms of potassium alum are soluble in water, when the stone is wet or applied to wet skin, an invisible, fine layer of the mineral is rubbed off the stone and applied to the skins surface.

因为各种状态的钾明矾都能溶于水，当把它弄湿或接触湿皮肤时，会有一层肉眼看不见的细腻矿物层从钾明矾表面脱落，吸附到皮肤表面。

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Roughly 1, 200 years later, the Greeks used water dripping through holes in stone vessels to measure the passage of hours.

FORBES

In Chinese, we say that you can bore a hole in a stone by the steady dripping of water.

NEWYORKER: The Forbidden Zone

An open hatch in the polished stone floor leads down to the water beneath and a small natural pool.

WSJ: A Marriage of Nature and Art