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单词 rockier
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
rock•y1 /ˈrɑki/USA pronunciation   adj., -i•er, -i•est. 
  1. full of or containing many rocks:The soil was too rocky for farming.
  2. made up of rock;
    rocklike.
  3. firm;
    steadfast:rocky endurance.
rock•i•ness, n. [uncountable]

rock•y2 /ˈrɑki/USA pronunciation   adj., -i•er, -i•est. 
  1. full of troubles or difficulties:a rocky marriage.
  2. physically unsteady or weak, as from sickness:felt rocky after the accident.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
rock•y1  (rokē),USA pronunciation adj., rock•i•er, rock•i•est. 
  1. full of or abounding in rocks.
  2. consisting of rock.
  3. rocklike:wood with a rocky hardness.
  4. firm;
    steadfast:rocky endurance.
  5. unfeeling;
    without sympathy or emotion:my rocky heart.
  • 1400–50; late Middle English; see rock1, -y1

rock•y2  (rokē),USA pronunciation adj., rock•i•er, rock•i•est. 
  1. inclined or likely to rock;
    tottering;
    shaky;
    unsteady.
  2. difficult or uncertain;
    full of hazards or obstacles:a business with a rocky future.
  3. physically unsteady or weak, as from sickness.
  • rock2 + -y1 1730–40

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
rocky /ˈrɒkɪ/ adj (rockier, rockiest)
  1. consisting of or abounding in rocks: a rocky shore
  2. hard or unyielding: rocky determination
  3. hard like rock: rocky muscles

ˈrockiness n
rocky /ˈrɒkɪ/ adj (rockier, rockiest)
  1. weak, shaky, or unstable
  2. informal (of a person) dizzy; sickly; nauseated

ˈrockily adv ˈrockiness n
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