stony

英 [ˈstəʊni]

美 [ˈstoʊni]

adj.  多石的; 石头的; 冷漠的; 无情的; 铁石心肠的

比较级：stonier　

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Collins.1 / BNC.11697 / COCA.11616

习惯用语

adj.

fall on stony ground
• 未产生预期的结果（或效果）；没有开花结果
  to fail to produce the result or the effect that you hope for; to have little success
stony brokestony broke

牛津词典

adj.

• 多石的；石头的
  having a lot of stones on it or in it
  1. stony soil
     多石的土壤
• 冷漠的；无情的；铁石心肠的
  showing a lack of feeling or sympathy
  1. They listened to him in stony silence.
     他们冷漠地静静听他讲。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED (地)多石的，不平的
  Stonyground is rough and contains a lot of stones.
  1. The steep, stony ground is well drained.
     陡峭的石头地面排水性能很好。
  2. ...a stony track.
     碎石小路
• ADJ-GRADED (表情或态度)冷酷的，无情的，冰冷的
  Astonyexpression or attitude does not show any sympathy or friendliness.
  1. She gave me the stoniest look I ever got...
     她看我的眼神冷酷无比。
  2. He drove us home in stony silence.
     他开车送我们回家，一路冷冰冰地一言不发。

英英释义

adj

• hard as granite
  1. a granitic fist
  Synonym:graniticgranitelikerocklike
• showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings
  1. his flinty gaze
  2. the child's misery would move even the most obdurate heart
  Synonym:flintyflintgraniticobdurate
• abounding in rocks or stones
  1. rocky fields
  2. stony ground
  3. bouldery beaches
  Synonym:rockyboulderybouldered

双语例句

• The steep, stony ground is well drained.
  陡峭的石头地面排水性能很好。
• The island has several small stony beaches which are usually deserted.
  这岛上有几小片通常是无人居住的布满石子的海滩。
• Solid, marshy, stony, etc ground.
  坚硬的土地、沼泽地、多石的地。
• Plant that grows on rocks or stony soil and derives nourishment from the atmosphere.
  一种生长在岩石上或多石土壤中的植物，从空气中汲取养分。
• Inside the stony horizon, the Wolf's tongue.
  在石头遍布的地平线内部，是狼的舌头。
• She did all this with the same compressed lips, and the same stony look.
  她做着这些事情，依然是咬紧了嘴唇，神情十分严肃。
• But jarlway proved to be an acorn that fell on stony ground.
  但结果佳尔华成了掉在石地上的橡果。
• Poverty, high prices, and hard times froze the stony peninsula.
  贫困、高昂的物价和艰难的岁月使这座荒凉的半岛毫无生气。
• Physical and biological science wilted and died on the stony soil of Roman prosperity.
  物理和生物科学是在罗马昌盛的硬土上枯萎而死的。
• There was a stony inn nearby a stream.
  一条溪流边有个石头造的客栈。