Wu Ting
How would you explain “stone” in the sentence? She stretched out her left hand towards the handle; but before she had touched it, the glass door too flew open. This time, there was no near-miss. Sixteen unseeing stone of disheveled male slammed into her; she was knocked off her feet and catapulted backwards, handbag flying, arms windmilling, towards the void beyond the lethal staircase. How would you explain “stone” in “sixteen unseeing stone of disheveled male slammed into her”? Thanks!
2013년 8월 22일 오전 7:46
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A "stone" is a unit of human body weight, in imperial measurements. It's equal to about 6.35kg. Sixteen stone means the guy weighed about 100kg.
2013년 8월 22일
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"Stone" is an old unit of weight measure equal to 14 pounds or 6.350 kilograms.
2013년 8월 22일
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