英语词汇“as hard as rock”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

a. as hard as (a) rock. Cf. rock-hard adj. at Compounds 1e.

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1597 R. Tofte Laura i. xxxix. sig. B7^v Her hart by th'other's made..Hard as a rocke, and senselesse as a stone.

1642 T. Fuller Holy State iv. xix. 341 Instantly down fell the heart of great Prince Henry, which (though as hard as rock) the breath of Justice did easily shake.

1780 Monthly Rev. Feb. 113 The barrel..is partly covered with a thick incrustation of shells, mixed with gravel and sand, and hard as a rock.

1858 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 19 i. 186 It [sc. the soil] is all exceedingly sticky when wet, and, if ploughed in that state, turns up in large masses, which as they dry become hard as rock.

1914 Times 22 Apr. 7/3 The frozen meat leaves the New Zealand works as hard as a rock but softens slightly during the process of handling.

2001 J. Gregory in Once upon Rose 148 Lucius continued speaking, his eyes grim and hard as rock.

单词	as hard as rock
释义	> as lemmas as hard as (a) rock a. as hard as (a) rock. Cf. rock-hard adj. at Compounds 1e. ΚΠ 1597 R. Tofte Laura i. xxxix. sig. B7^v Her hart by th'other's made..Hard as a rocke, and senselesse as a stone. 1642 T. Fuller Holy State iv. xix. 341 Instantly down fell the heart of great Prince Henry, which (though as hard as rock) the breath of Justice did easily shake. 1780 Monthly Rev. Feb. 113 The barrel..is partly covered with a thick incrustation of shells, mixed with gravel and sand, and hard as a rock. 1858 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 19 i. 186 It [sc. the soil] is all exceedingly sticky when wet, and, if ploughed in that state, turns up in large masses, which as they dry become hard as rock. 1914 Times 22 Apr. 7/3 The frozen meat leaves the New Zealand works as hard as a rock but softens slightly during the process of handling. 2001 J. Gregory in Once upon Rose 148 Lucius continued speaking, his eyes grim and hard as rock. extracted from rockn.¹ < as lemmas
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