单词 | stony |
释义 | stony —stonily, adv. —stoniness, n. /stoh"nee/, adj., stonier, stoniest. 1. full of or abounding in stones or rock: a stony beach. 2. pertaining to or characteristic of stone. 3. resembling or suggesting stone, esp. in its hardness. 4. unfeeling; merciless; obdurate: a stony heart. 5. motionless or rigid; without expression, as the eyes or a look: a hard, stony stare. 6. petrifying; stupefying: stony fear. 7. having a stone or stones, as fruit. 8. Slang. stone-broke. Also, stoney. [bef. 1000; ME; OE stanig. See STONE, -Y1] Syn. 1. rocky, pebbly. 4. adamant, hard, flinty, pitiless, inflexible, unbending. |
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