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单词 rocky
释义 rocky
I. \ˈräkē, -ki\ adjective
(-er/-est)
Etymology: Middle English rokky, from rokke rock, cliff + -y, adjective suffix
1. : abounding in or consisting of rocks
 < a rocky shore >
2. : difficult to impress or affect : hard, insensitive, obdurate
 < may he also move my mind, and rocky heart so strike and rend — James Howell >
3. : firmly held : steadfast
 < eccentrics … have their rocky rightness even when the world judges them to have been wildly wrong — Times Literary Supplement >
II. adjective
Etymology: rock (I) + -y
1. : prone to rock or totter : unstable
 < wore high rocky heels — Wright Morris >
2. : ill at ease, physically upset, or mentally confused (as from a blow, drinking excessively, or sickness)
 < feeling pretty rocky on account of the siege I went through last night — E.A.Robinson >
 < wound up with a two-inch cut under the left eye and was rocky at the final bell — New York Times >
3.
 a. : appearing likely to fail : unpromising
  < the wedding got off to a rocky start — R.L.Taylor >
 b. : marked by obstacles : difficult
  < eight rocky months in business — Time >
4. : tending towards craziness : daft
5. : uncouth, obscene
 < a rocky story >
III. noun
(-es)
Etymology: rock (IV) + -y, n. suffix
Australia : rock crab
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