| 词汇 | stony |
| 释义 | stony adjective uk /ˈstəʊ.ni/ us /ˈstoʊ.ni/ stonyadjective (GROUND)Stony ground contains a lot of stones: （地面）布满石头的，多石的 The island has several stony beaches which are usually deserted.岛上有几小片乱石海滩，一般没有人去。 Geology - general words Anthropocene anticline apophysis auriferous biozone carboniferous continental plate geologically geomorphic gully erosion henge Holocene Permian petrographic petrographically petrography petrological Precambrian rockfall syncline stonyadjective (PERSON)A stony expression or way of behaving is one that shows no sympathy or kindness: （表情或态度）冷冰冰的，冷漠的 She gave me a stony glare as I walked into the room.我走进房间时，她冷冷地看了我一眼。 Most of her comments were met with a stony silence.她的大多数评论都没有引起任何反响。 Unkind, cruel & unfeeling acerbic acerbically acerbity acidly anti-cruelty cold-heartedly cruel cruelly cruelty cruelty to someone/something meanly meanness mental cruelty merciless mercilessly trenchancy trenchant trenchantly uncharitable uncharitably Idiomfall on stony ground stony | American Dictionarystony adjective us/ˈstoʊ·ni/ containing a lot of stones: The ground was too stony to be used as a farm. Stony also means not showing any emotion, esp. sympathy, when you might expect it to be shown: Though we begged him, he gave us a stony look and turned away. Examples of stonystony Thus, rodents eat bruchid larvae, and even prefer the larvae to seeds if not enclosed in a stony endocarp. When ripe, the exocarp often forms a hollow sphere in which the single, stony endocarp moves relatively freely. If one looks at the original black-andwhite pictures that show what appears to be a complex stony landscape, one may understand the doubts at the time. The soil in the north is richer and more fertile with more "galestro", with the soil gradually becoming harder and stonier with more "albarese" in the south. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Overall, it appears that the stony meteorites fragment before substantial melting and vaporizing occur, with a significant amount of energy deposited into mechanical fracture and velocity dispersion. Nevertheless, as my right honourable friend has emphasised, we should be aware that the road ahead will be difficult and stony. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am glad that this may have borne some fruit and not fallen on stony ground. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In that case there was not just consultation but, although it was a stony road, eventual agreement. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Attempts at economic and statistical analysis of companies' present reporting of their profits have fallen on stony ground. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I hope that my plea will not fall on stony ground. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have listened to one side in stony silence. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 With a mixture of compassion and benevolence they watch him toiling along the hard and stony road which they themselves once trod. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I hope that my request will not fall on stony ground. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 What is expensive is cutting the bracken on stony ground, where a petrol driven bracken cutter will not work. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Usually the parent is met with a stony silence or a short interview with an official way down the authority's list. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of stony These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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