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 ground is too dry and stony.
  这块地太干，而且布满了石头。
• Perhaps His Grey Grace will choose you to ornament his stony court.
  也许大人他会选你装饰他的石庭。
• It's difficult to track an animal over stony ground.
  很难在多石的地面上追踪动物。
• She gave me the stoniest look I ever got
  她看我的眼神冷酷无比。
• The professor makes a sucking sound with his teeth and gives his student a silent, stony stare.
  教授咬紧牙关，倒吸了一口气，呆若木鸡地瞟了一眼下面的学生。
• 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。
• I know some have fallen on stony ground, but love is all around.
  我知道有人跌倒在无情的路上，但其实爱就在你周围。
• 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。
• By this time the other pupils ( always excepting the stony boy) gathered round.
  这时候其他的学生（那位石头般的孩子总是例外）都聚集在一起。
• New principles rarely take root in washington's stony soil.
  在华盛顿硬如石头的土壤中，新的原则几乎不能生根。