Word · Frequency #11697
stonier
多石的；布满石头的
stonier is the comparative of stony.
covered with or full of stones
- 1.
As hard as stone.
像石头一样坚硬。
- 2.
abounding in rocks or stones
多岩石或石头的
- 3.
Containing or made up of stones.
含有石头的；由石头构成的。
- 4.
showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings
对温柔情感表现出冷漠抗拒的
- 5.
Of a person, lacking warmth and emotion.
形容人缺乏热情和情感。
- 6.
hard as granite
坚硬如花岗岩的
- 7.
Of an action or expression, such as a look, showing no warmth of emotion; (usually also) emotionally cold, silent, and motionless or nearly so.
形容动作或表情(如眼神)毫无情感；通常也指情感冷漠、沉默且几乎纹丝不动。
冷酷的；无情的；铁石心肠的；像石头一样硬的；坚硬的；像石头一样坚硬。；多岩石或石头的；含有石头的；由石头构成的。
In use
When I asked for help, she gave me a stony look and walked away.
He answered all our questions with stony silence, which made everyone uncomfortable.
Her stony expression did not change even when she heard the terrible news.
stony ground
be stony
描述表面多石的状态。
The path was stony and difficult to walk on.
这条小路多石，很难走。
stony ground/soil
用于修饰地面或土壤。
Farmers struggle to grow crops in stony soil.
农民在多石的土地上种庄稼很困难。
stony silence
Connections
Collocations
- stony ground
- 多石的地面
- It is not easy to run on stony ground.在多石的地面上跑步不容易。
- stony silence
- 冷冰冰的沉默
- Her suggestion was met with stony silence.她的提议只换来一片冷冰冰的沉默。
- stony stare
- 冷漠的凝视
- She fixed him with a stony stare.她冷冷地凝视着他。
- stony heart
- 铁石心肠；冷酷的心
- He had a stony heart and showed no mercy.他铁石心肠，毫不怜悯。
Idioms & figurative uses
- stony silence
- 冷冰冰的沉默The manager listened to the proposal in stony silence.经理一言不发，冷冷地听着这个提议。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
stone是石头，加y变形容词stony；记一幅图：一片石头地，硬邦邦冷冰冰，就像人面无表情的样子。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：literary texts、news reports 表示“冷酷的、无情的”时，stony 比较常见于书面语和文学性叙述，如 a stony face、stony silence；日常口语中用得较少，整体感觉较正式。
Pronunciation & Spelling
These words all rhyme with stony: bony, phony, pony, tony, and crony, sharing the final /oʊni/ sound and the spelling '-ony'. Note that money and honey end in '-ony' in spelling but are pronounced /ˈmʌni/ and /ˈhʌni/, so they do not rhyme with stony.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
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