stony

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a. 多石的, 无情的

发音

UK /ˈstəʊni/
AU
US /ˈstoʊni/

词形变化

stonier 比较级 stonier stoniest stoniest 最高级

别名

stonie stoney

教材释义与例句

形容词

无情的；多石的；石头的

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    As hard as stone.

    a stony polymer

  2. 2.

    Containing or made up of stones.

    a stony path

  3. 3.

    Lacking warmth and emotion.

    比喻

    a stony grandmother

  4. 4.

    Showing no warmth of emotion; (usually also) emotionally cold, silent, and motionless or nearly so.

    比喻

    a stony reception

    a stony look

    a stony silence

  5. 5.

    Ellipsis of stony broke: without any money.

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词汇关系

形容词

同义词 7

rocky granitic bouldery flinty granitelike obdurate rocklike

近义相关 5

hard rough heartless hardhearted unsmooth

相关短语

stony broke 身无分文, 一文不名 stony iron stony coral 石珊瑚 Stony Plain stony corals Stony Stratford Stony Creek Stony Rise Stony Head Stony Chute Stony Crossing stony-iron fall on stony ground 像种子落在石头上一样,无效,没有结果

词源

From Middle English stony, stoni, stani, from Old English stāniġ, stǣniġ (“stony, rocky”), from Proto-Germanic *stainagaz (“stony”), equivalent to stone + -y. Cognate with Scots stany (“stony”), West Frisian stienich (“stony”), Dutch stenig (“stony, metalled”), German steinig (“stony, rocky, gravelly”), Swedish stenig (“stony, rocky, pebbly”).

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