单词 | granite |
释义 | granite (grænɪt ) Word forms: granites variable noun Granite is a very hard rock used in building. Their stoic frames seem somehow born of the ubiquitous granite. Image of granite © urbazon, Shutterstock Collocations: granite kitchen More than 300 years old, the five-bedroom house has large reception areas and a granite kitchen. Times, Sunday Times There's more to life than colour blocking and granite kitchen tops. Times, Sunday Times The granite kitchen island has 'butter-soft mitred edges'. Times, Sunday Times For sale furnished, it has an infinity pool, sun loungers, a pergola-covered dining area and a fully fitted granite kitchen. Times, Sunday Times Recently renovated with underfloor heating added, there's a ground-floor lounge/diner with sofa bed and woodburner, a shower room and a well-equipped circular oak and granite kitchen with butler sink. Times, Sunday Times These islands are the highest peaks of a vast granite mountain range that sits mostly beneath the sea. Times, Sunday Times The plant grows in cracks and crevices of the granite mountain cliffs. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Defense plants included nuclear facilities built within caverns excavated in the granite mountain on the northern edge of the city as well as space research enterprises. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Tracks lead through eucalypt forests and wildflowers to secluded coves, whitesand beaches and granite mountains. Times, Sunday Times Wind, gravity, rainwater, snow, and ice-melt supplied rivers that ultimately carved through the granite mountains and eventually led to their end. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Besides, he'd worked at a granite quarry, not a sawmill. Times, Sunday Times Most of the island consists of gneiss, although the lighthouse was constructed of rock from a small granite quarry. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Around 1900, a granite quarry was located on the east side of the lake. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It was opened with only a basic wood platform and shelter in connection with the adjacent granite quarry and the associated worker's houses. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A somewhat lower-lying granite quarry can be seen from a long way off. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 On the valley side a fallen tree had unearthed a granite slab, the carvings on its face eroded beyond legibility. Times,Sunday Times A third base, consisting of a single light grey granite slab, was installed above the second base. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 At the same time the outer ends are pulled from the lip of the granite slab, the wheels rolling down the sprung metal guides. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The 1.5 story building sits on a granite slab foundation, and has a chimney on its western wall. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It was removed, put on a granite slab and moved to the stadium. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Photographic evidence revealed the bird taking refuge, hunkered low against a granite wall. Times, Sunday Times He spent six days on the lone ascent, hauling 79lb of food and gear up the sheer granite wall. Times, Sunday Times There's a big granite fireplace and another granite wall in the shower. Globe and Mail It features a 54ft m by 15ft m gray granite wall, with 2,312 names permanently etched into the stone. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In 1855, the fence was replaced with a granite wall, which remains standing today. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This clashes with my country kitchen and polished granite surfaces. Times, Sunday Times And in the kitchen, wooden surfaces will often mark and rot, while polished granite remains immaculate. Times, Sunday Times All the kitchens are bespoke, featuring marble worktops and polished granite tiles underfoot. Times, Sunday Times For 3,000 you can have a polished granite memorial, 100 letters — and a flower container. The Sun He knew he wanted a granite dining table, but not polished granite. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 花岗岩 Japanese: みかげ石 |
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