单词 | craggy |
释义 | craggy (krægi ) Word forms: craggier, craggiest 1. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] A craggy cliff or mountain is steep and rocky. ...tiny villages on craggy cliffs. 2. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] A craggy face has large features and deep lines. He's a very small man with a lined, craggy face. Synonyms: rugged, lined, weathered, furrowed Collocations: craggy face Those hands, by the way, are really quite elegant and beautiful, a marked contrast to that craggy face. Times, Sunday Times His craggy face attentive to the old recordings, he chortles at his grandstanding younger self, deep in retrospection. Times, Sunday Times No one would call him the soft, sentimental type, but the pride on his craggy face was priceless. Times, Sunday Times The clouds part and a lovely smile transforms his craggy face. Times, Sunday Times Steel-grey hair; craggy face with this-means-business moustache; husky build. canada.com Search teams, including police divers, scoured the coastal waters yesterday while mountain units covered the craggy hills behind. Times, Sunday Times Alone in the inlet, our white boat floated serenely on electric-blue water, surrounded by craggy hills and a dramatic russet cliff. Times, Sunday Times Then there were craggy hills, peaceful fairways - and the occasional field full of bullocks. Times, Sunday Times The ravine lies between overhanging craggy hills, which are in places 200ft in height, and are covered with a thick green shrub, varied by patches of yellow sandy soil. Times, Sunday Times The craggy landscape glowed red beyond the manicured lawns and olive trees, with snow-capped peaks beyond. The Sun The craggy landscape makes any stay have a real frontier feel. Times, Sunday Times The rise features a craggy landscape dominated by a prominent fracture that has been enlarged by erosion. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They are set either against open spaces leading on to craggy landscapes or against gold embroidered drapery. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 We associate spectacular wildlife with spectacular and remote places: craggy mountains, inaccessible cliffs, precipitous and trackless wilderness. Times, Sunday Times The two-week bespoke holidays take in the rugged landscape of the steppes, craggy mountains and vast sand dunes. Times, Sunday Times Behind us rear craggy mountains. Times, Sunday Times Craggy mountains and small, landlocked seas covered the rest of the globe. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Or goats the craggy mountains? Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Climbers are increasingly threatened by the collapse of craggy peaks as the permafrost binding them melts. Times, Sunday Times The national park marks the edge of the country's highlands, with spectacular views, craggy peaks and dizzying precipices. Times, Sunday Times We set off up an uninhabited valley amid shortbread-tin scenery, autumnal trees, craggy peaks, still, deep water. Times, Sunday Times Everyone will be rewarded with spectacular views of craggy peaks, alpine tarns, waterfalls, glaciers, alpine flowers and mountain fauna. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Glaciers move through the mountains like slow-motion rivers carving deep valleys and craggy peaks. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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