| 单词 | living rock |
| 释义 | > as lemmasliving rock living rock n. rock in its original condition and site, forming part of the earth's crust; cf. sense A. 4(b). ΚΠ 1625 S. Purchas Pilgrimes III. viii. 909 This entrie being of an exceeding height..closed aboue with admirable Architecture, the Marble so great, and so cunningly ioyned, as had it beene hewen through the liuing Rocke. 1786 R. Polwhele tr. Theocritus Idyllia 219 A sweet perennial Spring Flows tinkling from the living Rock, that gleams Thro' bowering Laurel, Myrtles, and the Shrub Of odour'd Cypress. 1821 J. Baillie Metrical Legends 31 His soldiers, firm as living rock, Now braced them for the battle's shock. 1893 E. A. T. W. Budge Mummy 14 The Sphinx is hewn out of the living rock. 2014 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 24 Oct. 40 Mahabalipuram, a remarkable temple complex cut from the living rock of the Coromandel Coast. < as lemmas |
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