单词	stony
释义	stonyston‧y /ˈstəʊni $ ˈstoʊ-/ adjective Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES She looked at him with stony eyes. the stony hillside They drove home in stony silence. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Ana was going down the stony path, almost at the gates. Her friendly gestures were met with stony stares. Houses white as virgins breathed their stony breaths and expanded their bellies until every polished name-plaque turned to the sun and shone. In the morning, a stony light filled the room. No one, not even Challenger, would see what lay beneath its stony carapace. They require considerable power, and are easily damaged on stony ground. This stony material is certainly much easier to crush and handle than a massive chunk of stainless steel. Whatever their hairstyles, serious critics mostly maintained a stony silence. word sets WORD SETS► Earth Sciences avalanche, 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 COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY► stony silence  a stony silence COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► flat/stony broke (=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. COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► ground · 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 PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► fall on stony ground Alan's charming smile fell on stony ground with her. Joseph's words fell on stony ground. Some initiatives have already fallen on stony ground, but, as we see in subsequent features, others keep coming. Their marriages had fallen on stony ground but it seemed to me there was still hope. PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► fall on stony ground Alan's charming smile fell on stony ground with her. Joseph's words fell on stony ground. Some initiatives have already fallen on stony ground, but, as we see in subsequent features, others keep coming. Their marriages had fallen on stony ground but it seemed to me there was still hope. 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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