Someone who is stone-faced shows nothing on their face: no smile, no anger, no warmth. The picture is exact — a face like a stone statue, unmoving.

Someone who is stone-faced一個 stone-faced 的人 on their face臉上 shows nothing什麼都不顯露： no smile沒有笑、 no anger沒有怒、 no warmth沒有溫度。 The picture這幅畫面 is exact是很準確的 — a face一張臉 like a stone statue像石雕像一樣， unmoving一動也不動。

It is used two ways. Sometimes it means a person is hiding what they feel on purpose: a stone-faced police officer, a stone-faced poker player, a judge listening stone-faced to the evidence. Here it suggests control and often a little coldness. Other times it just means unfriendly — a stone-faced clerk who will not help you.

It它 is used two ways有兩種用法。 Sometimes it means有時它是說 a person一個人 on purpose故意 is hiding藏起 what they feel自己的感覺： a stone-faced police officer一位面無表情的警察、 a stone-faced poker player一位面無表情的撲克玩家、 a judge listening stone-faced to the evidence一位板著臉聽證詞的法官。 Here在這裡 it suggests它暗示的是 control控制， and often還常常帶 a little coldness一點冷。 Other times其他時候 it just means它就只是 unfriendly不友善的意思 — a stone-faced clerk who will not help you一位板著臉、不肯幫你的店員。

Compare it with 'stolid', which suggests the person genuinely feels little; 'stone-faced' more often suggests feeling is there but is being kept behind the face. It is informal and visual, common in journalism and everyday speech, and it describes only the face and manner of a person, never a thing.

Compare it with拿它比比看 'stolid' stolid， which suggests那個字暗示 the person genuinely feels little這個人真的感覺很少； 'stone-faced' stone-faced more often suggests比較常暗示 feeling is there感覺是在的， but is being kept behind the face只是被關在臉的後面。 It它 is informal and visual是非正式、畫面感強的字， in journalism and everyday speech在新聞寫作和日常說話裡 common很常見， and it describes only而它描述的只有 the face and manner of a person人的臉和態度， never a thing從來不用在東西上。

Note the hyphen. You will also meet the very similar 'stony-faced', mainly in British English, and 'poker-faced', which is close but points more at hiding your thoughts in a game or a negotiation than at being cold.

Note注意 the hyphen中間那條連字號。 You will also meet你還會遇到 the very similar非常相似的 'stony-faced' stony-faced， mainly in British English主要在英式英語裡， and 'poker-faced'還有 poker-faced， which is close這個字很接近， but points more at但它指的比較是 in a game or a negotiation在賭局或談判裡 hiding your thoughts把心思藏起來， than at being cold而不是冷冰冰。