| 单词 | stony |
| 释义 | stonyston‧y /ˈstəʊni $ ˈstoʊ-/ adjective ExamplesEXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES word sets
WORD SETS► Earth Sciences Collocationsavalanche, nounaxis, nouncatchment area, nouncrater, noundinosaur, noundivide, nounelement, nounextinct, adjectivegallery, noungeo-, prefixgeophysics, nounglacial, adjectiveglaciation, noungoldfield, nounlandslide, nounlandslip, nounleach, verbmagnetic pole, nounmagnitude, nounmantle, nounmeteorite, nounmolten, adjectivemother lode, nounnatural history, nounonyx, nounopal, nounozone layer, nounpaleontology, nounpitchblende, nounPleistocene, adjectivePliocene, adjectiveprimeval, adjectivequake, verbquake, nounrarefied, adjectiverock, verbscour, verbshock wave, nounslide, nounsoapstone, nounstony, adjectivestream, nounstrip mine, nounsubcontinent, nounsubterranean, adjectivesuperficial, adjectiveterrain, nounterrestrial, adjectivetremor, nounundercurrent, nounvolcanic, adjectivevolcano, nounvortex, nounwater table, noun COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY► stony silence Phrases a stony silence (=completely broke) ► stony silence (=unfriendly silence)· Harrison stared at him in stony silence. ► a cold/stony stare (=unfriendly)· I smiled and said "hello" but only got a cold stare. ► stony-faced silence Tony stared at me in stony-faced silence.· Joseph's words fell on stony ground.· One-plant cultures of a single species developed vegetatively, occupying shallow brooks with a stony ground covered with sand, are typical.· Today, eighty women sit scattered on the brownish-grey stony ground.· Some initiatives have already fallen on stony ground, but, as we see in subsequent features, others keep coming.· Deserts, semi-deserts, and other dry stony ground, nesting on ground.· They require considerable power, and are easily damaged on stony ground.· Some flower beds may have soft, fertile soil which is easier to dig or hoe than hard or stony ground.· Their marriages had fallen on stony ground but it seemed to me there was still hope. ► meteorite· She had analysed four of the specimens and found that each belonged to a completely different class of stony meteorite!· Most stony meteorites range from about 1, 500 atmospheres down to about 100 atmospheres in crushing strength.· Aeroliths, or stony meteorites, are composed chiefly of silicates.· Hard stony meteorites span the entire spectrum of strengths between these extremes, and they will be selected accordingly.· In addition, new data strengthen the idea that a group of nine unusual stony meteorites may have come from Mars.· Impactite glasses and a small piece of a stony meteorite were found in the largest craters. ► path· Ana was going down the stony path, almost at the gates.· Hauling it by its ugly leather straps she took a tentative step on the little stony path.· He was walking as fast as he could without running, his feet throbbing from the stony path.· Plodding up and down stony paths, crossing tussocky moorland and jumping streams can all make great demands on footwear. ► silence· Whatever their hairstyles, serious critics mostly maintained a stony silence.· Mutinously she flicked her gaze back to where he was surveying her in stony silence.· Ned appeared to be whispering sweet nothings in her ear but his attentions were being met with a stony silence! PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► fall on stony ground Word family
WORD FAMILYadjectivestonedstonynounstoneverbstoneadverbstonily 1covered by stones or containing stones: stony soil2not showing any friendliness or pity: stony faces a stony silence3fall on stony ground if a request, suggestion, joke etc falls on stony ground, it is ignored or people do not like it—stonily adverb: Camilla stared stonily ahead. |
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