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单词 rochy
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rochyadj.

Brit. /ˈrəʊ(t)ʃi/, /ˈrɒʃi/, U.S. /ˈroʊʃi/
Forms: Middle English roche, Middle English rochi, 1800s– rochy (English regional (west midlands)).
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: roche n.1, -y suffix1.
Etymology: < roche n.1 + -y suffix1. Compare later rocky adj.1
1. Full of rocks; rocky. Obsolete. rare.
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the world > the earth > land > ground > [adjective] > rocky
rochyc1325
rocky?c1475
scopulous1596
sassinous1632
warty1648
bouldery1859
boulder-strewed1897
boulder-strewn1897
c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) 2499 (MED) In an harde rochi [v.r. roche] stede is þuong aboute he drou..& rerde þer an castel.
c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) 2294 (MED) Gawayn..stode stylle as..a stubbe..Þat raþeled is in roche-grounde with rotez a hundreth.
2. English regional (west midlands). Of soil: containing stones, gravelly; (also) composed of or containing sandstone. Cf. roche n.1 5. rare.
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1829 S. Shaw Hist. Staffs. Potteries i. 4 Its surface is uneven, and generally rochy, or gravelly clay.
1882 G. F. Jackson Shropshire Word-bk. Rochy, of the nature of roche,—hard: said of soil that turns up in lumps.
1887 T. Darlington Folk-speech S. Cheshire Rochy, full of roche, partaking of the nature of roche; said of soils.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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