stony 英 [ˈstəʊni]   美 [ˈstoʊni]

stony

stony  英 [ˈstəʊni] 美 [ˈstoʊni]

adj. 无情的;多石的;石头的 

比较级:stonier  最高级:stoniest 

  • Someone who's stony shows little emotion or sympathy for other people. As your math teacher hands back last week's geometry quiz, her stony face won't seem like a very good sign.
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  • adj. 无情的;多石的;石头的
  • stony (adj.) also stoney, Old English stænig; see stone (n.) + -y (2). Similar formation in Old High German steinag, German Steinig, Swedish stenig. Related: Stonily; stoniness.
stony / ˈstəʊni ; NAmE ˈstoʊni / adjective ( stoni·er , stoni·est ) 1 having a lot of stones on it or in it 多石的;石头的 stony soil 多石的土壤 2 showing a lack of feeling or sympathy 冷漠的;无情的;铁石心肠的 SYN cold They listened to him in stony silence. 他们冷漠地静静听他讲。 IDIOMS fall on stony ˈground to fail to produce the result or the effect that you hope for; to have little success 未产生预期的结果(或效果);没有开花结果 stony ˈbroke = flat broke at flat adv. stony stonier stoniest stony / ˈstəʊni ; NAmE ˈstoʊni /
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