the stone age

IPA/ðə ˈstəʊn eɪdʒ/
IPA/ðə ˈstəʊn eɪdʒ/

the stone age — noun

1. the earliest long period in human culture, lasting hundreds of thousands of year

1.名詞B2
釋義

the earliest long period in human culture, lasting hundreds of thousands of years, during which people made tools and weapons from stone instead of metal.

例句

Dr. Nakamura uncovered a Stone Age village in Portugal with stone tools on hut floors.

collocation: uncover a Stone Age [site/village]

Jisoo's class visited a museum to see tools that people used during the Stone Age.

collocation: during the Stone Age

反義詞
  • the bronze age

    the period that followed the Stone Age, when metal tools first appeared

  • the iron age

    the later period when iron became the main material for tools and weapons

文法句型

the + Stone + Age

用法筆記

Always written with initial capitals as 'Stone Age'. Usually preceded by 'the' ('the Stone Age'). Can be used as a noun phrase or as a modifier before another noun ('Stone Age tools', 'Stone Age people').

常見錯誤

❌Stone age people lived in caves.
✅Stone Age people lived in caves.
💡'Age' should be capitalised as part of the proper noun.
❌In stone age, there were no houses.
✅In the Stone Age, there were no houses.
💡The definite article 'the' is required.