单词 | rock |
释义 | rock (rɒk ) Word forms: rocks , rocking , rocked 1. uncountable noun B1+ Rock is the hard substance which the Earth is made of. The hills above the valley are bare rock. A little way below the ridge was an outcrop of rock that made a rough shelter. 2. countable noun B1+ A rock is a large piece of rock that sticks up out of the ground or the sea, or that has broken away from a mountain or a cliff. She sat cross-legged on the rock. ...the sound of the sea crashing against the rocks. He and two friends were climbing a rock face when they heard cries for help. Synonyms: stone, boulder 3. countable noun B1+ A rock is a piece of rock that is small enough for you to pick up. She bent down, picked up a rock and threw it into the trees. 4. verb When something rocks or when you rock it, it moves slowly and regularly backwards and forwards or from side to side. His body rocked from side to side with the train. [VERB preposition/adverb] He stood a few moments, rocking back and forwards on his heels. [VERB preposition/adverb] She sat on the porch and rocked the baby. [VERB noun] Synonyms: sway, pitch, swing, reel 5. verb If an explosion or an earthquake rocks a building or an area, it causes the building or area to shake. You can also say that the building or area rocks. [journalism] Three people were injured yesterday when an explosion rocked one of Britain's best known film studios. [VERB noun] ...a country that's rocked by dozens of earthquakes every year. [VERB noun] As the buildings rocked under heavy shell-fire, he took refuge in the cellars. [VERB] 6. verb If an event or a piece of news rocks a group or society, it shocks them or makes them feel less secure. [journalism] His death rocked the fashion business. [VERB noun] ...the latest scandal to rock the monarchy. [VERB noun] Wall Street was rocked by the news and shares fell 4.3 per cent by the end of trading. [VERB noun] Synonyms: shock, surprise, shake, stun 7. uncountable noun [oft NOUN noun] A2 Rock is loud music with a strong beat that is usually played and sung by a small group of people using instruments such as electric guitars and drums. He once told an interviewer that he didn't even like rock music. ...a rock concert. ...famous rock stars. 8. uncountable noun Rock is a sweet that is made in long, hard sticks and is often sold in towns by the sea in Britain. ...a stick of rock. 9. to be caught between a rock and a hard place phrase [PHRASE after verb] If you are caught between a rock and a hard place, you are in a difficult situation where you have to choose between two equally unpleasant courses of action. 10. on the rocks phrase If you have an alcoholic drink such as whisky on the rocks, you have it with ice cubes in it. ...a Scotch on the rocks. 11. on the rocks phrase If something such as a marriage or a business is on the rocks, it is experiencing very severe difficulties and looks likely to end very soon. She confided to her mother six months ago that her marriage was on the rocks. Our film industry is on the rocks. Synonyms: in trouble, breaking down, falling apart, in tatters 12. to rock the boat phrase If you say that someone is rocking the boat, you mean that they are upsetting a calm situation and causing trouble. I said I didn't want to rock the boat in any way. Synonyms: cause trouble, protest, object, dissent Idioms: rock the boat to do something which might cause trouble in a situation Diplomats are expecting so much instability in a power struggle after his death that they argue it's unwise to rock the boat now. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers between a rock and a hard place in a difficult situation where you have to choose between two equally unpleasant courses of action We're caught between a rock and a hard place. Either we spend two months planning the operation and end up being late, or we come in right now and risk making mistakes. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers hit rock bottom to be at an extremely low level and be unable go any lower The UK motor industry slumped to one of its blackest days yesterday as new car sales hit rock bottom. to be in a hopeless or difficult situation which makes you feel very depressed When my girlfriend asked me to move out of our flat and end our relationship, I hit rock bottom. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collocations: rock from side to side This makes your whole body rock from side to side wasting energy and tiring your legs unnecessarily quickly. The Sun Too low a seat, when legs get crunched, or too high, when you rock from side to side, can cause knee problems. Times, Sunday Times There are often flocks of them floating on the water, and when they fly up they rock from side to side. Times, Sunday Times Too high and you will rock from side to side, which can cause knee problems over time. Times, Sunday Times These tiny seabirds rock from side to side as they whirr over the water. Times, Sunday Times I want to be the best rock singer of this time. The Sun The 68-year-old rock singer collapsed 'due to severe dehydration', according to his spokesman. Times, Sunday Times The wailing rock singer has been carefully tending to this wonderful piece of face flora. The Sun The heavy rock singer turned folk troubadour continues to grow in popularity. The Sun It's a bold step for a full-on rock singer to leave their vocals and lyrics this exposed. The Sun I thought the bravest thing to do was make a dinky electronic pop song, rather than flex our muscles and make a big rock song. The Sun I felt uncomfortable with one of his selections, a soft rock song done in a falsetto. Christianity Today These are words that would be far from regular fare in a country or rock song. Times, Sunday Times Fleeing glimpses of a rock song, of a love-song, perhaps, pass, as simple rhythms form out of the aural mist. Times, Sunday Times But what will be the arena's last rock song? Houston Chronicle To anybody else, the shallow circle might have looked like one more patch of boring sedimentary rock. Times, Sunday Times For 'shale' read 'fracking', hydraulic fracturing, firing highpressured jets of water into small cracks, or fractures, in underground rock formations — generally shale, a soft, mud-based sedimentary rock — to extract gas. Times, Sunday Times You need sedimentary rock, such as sandstone or slate: something soft enough to have been ground into an appropriate shape by the sea. Times, Sunday Times Instead, it lies trapped within a type of organic-rich, porous sedimentary rock. Times, Sunday Times These deposits probably consist of both sedimentary rock and poorly indurated or unconsolidated sediments. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Many of them are so deep that you can spend entire days gliding past waterfalls as they cascade over sheer rock faces. Times, Sunday Times A chanting chorus and dynamic song structure make it an earful of sheer rock power. The Sun Sheer rock plummets 100ft to a churning sea. Times, Sunday Times It was here, however, that he found the resource that helped save his life: water, springing miraculously from a sheer rock face. Times, Sunday Times Then we lie without a care on its remote pebble beach at the foot of a sheer rock face. Times, Sunday Times The ancient cliffs are contorted with zig-zag folds, and longs ribs of smooth rock reach out into the sea. Times, Sunday Times As the sun rises, we climb a vast dome of smooth rock. Times, Sunday Times When he finally stops twisting, he reattaches himself limpet-like to the smooth rock and begins to inch his way back up. Times, Sunday Times An hour later, we were out of the trees, scrambling through grassland, then across smooth rock. Times, Sunday Times Spawning takes place on a smooth rock or clean sand bed. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A building on solid rock would be the least shaky spot. canada.com A 31-ton drill yesterday began boring through the solid rock to create a rescue tunnel. The Sun Unless you have a heart of solid rock, you will cry buckets. The Sun Piles are concrete or steel columns hammered into the ground until they penetrate solid rock. Christianity Today When earthquake tremors hit solid rock, the rock simply shakes. Smithsonian Mag As he tried to secure the boat by attaching a heavy anchor to the quay, strong waves rocked the vessel. The Sun Less than two weeks earlier, 50ft waves rocked the liner, sending people flying across deck. The Sun Heavy waves rocked the helpless clipper from side to side. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 岩石, 摇摆, 石块 Japanese: 岩, 揺れる, 石 |
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