rocky
a. 岩石的, 多石的, 像岩石的, 无情的, 摇动的, 摇晃的
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1.
Abounding in, or full of, rocks; consisting of rocks.
a rocky mountain a rocky shore
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Like a rock; rigid, solid.
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Having a habitat around or on rocks.
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Not easily affected or impressed; stony; hard; obdurate; unfeeling.
古体 比喻to have a rocky heart
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Having little or no money; stony broke.
俚语1934, Ernest Bramah, The Bravo of London "Come, George, fork out. I'm sorry if you're rocky too but it's an absolute that it's no good going back without it." "'Rocky,' my God!" said George, echoing her shallow laugh. "Well—but how much do you need to square it?"
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Easily rocked; unstable.
The table was rocky, so we put a book under one leg.
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Encountering many problems; difficult, troubled; also, in danger or distress.
比喻Their relationship had weathered some rocky times, but they loved each other.
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Of a person: ill, or unsteady (for example, as a result of a shock).
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In the style of rock music.
His new album is quite rocky.
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From Middle English rokki, rokky (“rocky”), from rok, rokke (“rock; a rock or stone; large rock by a coast or in the sea; rocky outcrop on a mountain, cliff; castle, citadel, stronghold”) [and other forms] + -i (suffix forming adjectives). Rok, rokke are derived from: * Old English *rocc (“rock”); and * Anglo-Norman roc, roce, roque, and Old French roce, roke, roque, variants of roche (“rock”); both from Medieval Latin roca, rocca; further etymology uncertain, possibly of Celtic origin. The English word is analysable as rock + -y (suffix forming adjectives meaning ‘having the quality of’).
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