单词 | carved in stone |
释义 | carved in stone (once / 26207 pages) adj WORD FAMILY carved in stone USAGE EXAMPLESOf course, Straub insisted, against all evidence, that the resort would reopen last June, so any projected opening dates should not be carved in stone. Seattle Times(Dec 29, 2016) There, the date of death is literally carved in stone: 25 December 1996. The Guardian(Dec 11, 2016) It feels tremendously liberating to realize that the arbitrary standards we set for ourselves are not carved in stone. Time(Sep 20, 2016) adj no longer changeable Syn set in stone unchangeable not changeable or subject to change |
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