Definition of stony in English:

stony

adjectivestoniest, stonier ˈstəʊniˈstoʊni

1Covered with or full of small pieces of rock.
石头覆盖的，铺石头的；多石的
rough stony paths
高低不平的石头路。
Example sentencesExamples
- And off they went again, up the stony, twisting path, bending over beneath their loads and a natural inclination to avoid the rain as much as possible.
- He took to the stony path, not minding where he put his feet.
- It has full-size trees, sand banks leading down to a stony beach, and water cascading down a rock outcrop.
- If you hike down the steep, stony path on the opposite side, you come to a small, swimming-pool-size basin of water, covered in a green carpet of duckweed.
- Weathered igneous and metamorphic rocks generally result in stony, well-drained, and relatively unfertile soils.
- He frowned, and started to retrace his steps up a stony path leading away.
- We avoided the first obstacle, a gully-bound stream that breaches the cliffs to run down to a stony beach, by following the path inland.
- Despite the best efforts of the excavators, the area was still very stony and most of the paths were pretty bumpy.
- You can picture the rugged terrain of rocky beaches and stony slopes with ancient smouldering volcanoes standing guard over antique vines.
- The path on the south side of the river is very stony and uneven and the jolting began to tell.
- The surface varies from a stony path to a rutted lane to a broad carpet of grass, all of it passable on a touring bike with the exception of 100 yards or so towards the end.
- The back garden is an attractive feature of this house, with a small stony path leading to a large covered bench at the back, with protection from the winds - a perfect spot to sit.
- Descend back to the bottom of the stony path and head right, along the depression and start the descent to a large basin.
- The route had been stony, uneven ground for most of the way and despite our cardiovascular fitness being fine, the cumulative effect of running over a jagged surface was taking its toll.
- She walks carefully along a little stony path, which winds its way between the unkempt bushes.
- We walked when we could - the ground was rough and stony, with scrub growing in any available crevice.
- The machine can operate in rough and stony ground inaccessible to conventional cutters.
- Rocky and stony soils are usually well drained, but at the same time not too fertile.
- Once past the houses, the enclosing walls open up and there are wonderful views along Troutbeck Park from the rough, stony track.
- We set out on foot from the car park, the falls being a good 10-minute walk away, on a stony path that goes up and down.
Synonyms
rocky, rock-strewn, pebbly, gravelly, shingly, gritty
rough, hard, rugged
1. 1.1 Made of or resembling stone.
  石制的；石头一样的，像石头的
  stony steps
  石头台阶。
  Example sentencesExamples
  I hefted my pick over my shoulder and brought it down hard on the stony wall.
  Set upon stony foundations, the house was to be wooden; considered a temporary structure in Turkey, it was exempt from planning consent.
  His blades drop with a clang on the stony steps, blood drips from his hands.
  The inside of the station was like the outside: cold and gray and stony.
  Conan followed them up the stony steps, back up to the light, the heat, and the noise.
  Closer and closer the stony peaks came, the distance short enough for me to make out small boulders on the surface.
  You almost feel as if you're walking those cold stony streets with him, breathing the scent of smoke and coffee, hearing the rhythms of the city.
  Everyone heard the quick pace of feet down stony steps.
  The young male dragon emerged fully from the dilapidated nest, his tiny claws softly tapping the stony cave floor as he took his first step.
  With a low growl of irritation, Simon continued to dash after his cousin, gliding along the cold, stony pavement like a blur of auburn, tan, and gray.
  A rainbow was shining in the sunlight above a distant waterfall at a sparkling mountain river with a stony arch of a bridge.
  To pass the time, he stared at the stony bluffs surrounding the path.
  He stepped inside the stony tunnel quickly, waiting a moment to make sure the entrance closed completely.
2. 1.2Astronomy (of a meteorite) consisting mostly of rock, as opposed to metal.
  〔天文〕（陨星）石质的
  Example sentencesExamples
  Even strong iron meteorites, not just weaker stony meteorites, are affected.
  If the impact object was a stony carbonaceous chondrite there would be silicates all over the impact site.
  Chondrites are the main type of stony meteorite, constituting 84 percent of all witnessed meteorite falls.
  Chondrites are stony meteorites that contain small, melted beads known as chondrules and finer-grained material known as matrix.
  On the basis of their composition, meteorites are classified into three main groups: stony, stony-iron, and iron.
2Not having or showing feeling or sympathy.
冷酷的，无情的，铁石心肠的；无表情的
Lucenzo's hard, stony eyes
卢森佐坚定冷酷的眼神。
the government maintained a stony silence about the affair
Example sentencesExamples
- The film has been dubbed into English so badly that it is frequently difficult to tell who is meant to be talking, and the humour is so juvenile that even children sat in stony silence during the screening I attended.
- Nick looked at Carolyn impassively, his face stony from lack of emotion.
- He turned to the others and was met by two identical stony glares.
- For a moment both of them looked at me with stony and unimpressed looks on their faces, and my heart sank.
- The doctor expected a shrug, stony silence or some sort of sarcastic hiss.
- An uncomfortable silence followed, filled with stony glares shared between me and Natasha.
- Some maintained a stony silence while others thought the question was ludicrous.
- Jared looks over at me, and raises his eyebrows at my stony glare.
- Jessica's stony expression softens and she stares at the ground for a moment.
- But I was going through a reclusive and non-communicative phase, and his efforts to talk to me, to establish genuine communication, were met with a stony and moody silence.
- His face was the same stony mask it had been.
- Rose's face turns hard and stony at the mention of Joelle.
- Members of the clemency board listen mostly in stony silence and decline even to deliberate before their vote.
- His stony expression did not discriminate; each student was subjected to its harsh gaze.
- He stood in the doorway, a stony expression covering his face.
- Although it occurred some two or three weeks ago, the local police have maintained a stony silence with respect to the theft.
- Adam nodded his acquiescence and stood to begin clearing the table in stony silence.
- I smile while ordering, but her face stays stony, reminding me of a rock.
Synonyms
unfriendly, cold, chilly, frosty, icy, frigid
hard, flinty, steely, stern, severe
fixed, expressionless, blank, poker-faced, deadpan
unfeeling, uncaring, unsympathetic, lacking compassion, insensitive, unmoved, indifferent, unresponsive, cold-hearted, callous, heartless, tough, hard-hearted, stony-hearted, inflexible, unbending, unyielding, uncompromising, merciless, pitiless, ruthless, unforgiving, hostile
literary adamantine
rare indurate, marble-hearted, Rhadamanthine

Phrases

fall on stony ground

(of words or a suggestion) be ignored or badly received.
（话语，建议）被忽视；遭冷遇
their constructive advice fell on stony ground
Example sentencesExamples
- The prime minister's offer will fall on stony ground, however.
- A parachute centre's plans to extend the number of days it operates fell on stony ground when the application came before the town council.
- Like all mail shots some probably fell on stony ground, whereas others may have attracted a little interest.
- He also proposed the word ‘archaeography’, but that one fell on stony ground.
- The book actually began in Malaysia, during a four hour taxi ride, when the author's mind conjured up a scene which he knew was just too good to let fall on stony ground.
- Demands to review the project fell on stony ground - if it was to be completed on schedule, no delay could be considered.
- The idea of Franco-British union fell on stony ground.
- If even a handful of anthropologists were naive and unwitting collaborators of colonialism, and there is not much evidence of it here, their efforts fell on stony ground.
- The parish council at Barlby padlocked the £20,000 park after its appeals to the youngsters fell on stony ground.
- A suggestion of trying Gandhi's method falls on stony ground.

Derivatives

stonily

adverb ˈstəʊnɪli

The boy remained silent, staring at him stonily.
Example sentencesExamples
- He avoided the fat man's searching squint, kept his eyes fixed stonily on the water.
- The entire room continued to stare stonily at me while Wanda nodded encouragingly.
- Within in two minutes, only Morgana and Violet remained in the garden, mother and daughter staring stonily at each other across the few feet that separated them.
- I didn't reply, and continued to stare stonily ahead.

stoniness

noun ˈstəʊnɪnəsˈstoʊninəs

She felt the stoniness of his restraint and turned around to face him.
Example sentencesExamples
- While Duval was a four time All-American at Georgia Tech he was known as Rock, for the solidity of his game and the stoniness of his bearing.
- I'm terrified that if I stop writing, then my traditional wall of stoniness will return forever.
- Her expression changed back to stoniness when Catherine met her eyes.
- That touched her deeply, as much as the fear and worry she could see once he'd dropped the stoniness, allowing her to see the vulnerability beneath.

Origin

Old English stānig (see stone, -y¹).

Rhymes

abalone, Albinoni, Annigoni, Antonioni, baloney, Bodoni, boloney, bony, calzone, cannelloni, canzone, cicerone, coney, conversazione, coronae, crony, Gaborone, Giorgione, macaroni, Manzoni, Marconi, mascarpone, minestrone, Moroni, Mulroney, padrone, panettoni, pepperoni, phoney, polony, pony, rigatoni, Shoshone, Sloaney, Toni, tony, zabaglione

Definition of stony in US English:

stony

adjectiveˈstoʊniˈstōnē

1Covered with or full of small pieces of rock.
石头覆盖的，铺石头的；多石的
rough stony paths
高低不平的石头路。
Example sentencesExamples
- The machine can operate in rough and stony ground inaccessible to conventional cutters.
- The back garden is an attractive feature of this house, with a small stony path leading to a large covered bench at the back, with protection from the winds - a perfect spot to sit.
- Rocky and stony soils are usually well drained, but at the same time not too fertile.
- The path on the south side of the river is very stony and uneven and the jolting began to tell.
- And off they went again, up the stony, twisting path, bending over beneath their loads and a natural inclination to avoid the rain as much as possible.
- The surface varies from a stony path to a rutted lane to a broad carpet of grass, all of it passable on a touring bike with the exception of 100 yards or so towards the end.
- He took to the stony path, not minding where he put his feet.
- Once past the houses, the enclosing walls open up and there are wonderful views along Troutbeck Park from the rough, stony track.
- We avoided the first obstacle, a gully-bound stream that breaches the cliffs to run down to a stony beach, by following the path inland.
- He frowned, and started to retrace his steps up a stony path leading away.
- You can picture the rugged terrain of rocky beaches and stony slopes with ancient smouldering volcanoes standing guard over antique vines.
- We walked when we could - the ground was rough and stony, with scrub growing in any available crevice.
- If you hike down the steep, stony path on the opposite side, you come to a small, swimming-pool-size basin of water, covered in a green carpet of duckweed.
- Weathered igneous and metamorphic rocks generally result in stony, well-drained, and relatively unfertile soils.
- She walks carefully along a little stony path, which winds its way between the unkempt bushes.
- Descend back to the bottom of the stony path and head right, along the depression and start the descent to a large basin.
- It has full-size trees, sand banks leading down to a stony beach, and water cascading down a rock outcrop.
- The route had been stony, uneven ground for most of the way and despite our cardiovascular fitness being fine, the cumulative effect of running over a jagged surface was taking its toll.
- Despite the best efforts of the excavators, the area was still very stony and most of the paths were pretty bumpy.
- We set out on foot from the car park, the falls being a good 10-minute walk away, on a stony path that goes up and down.
Synonyms
rocky, rock-strewn, pebbly, gravelly, shingly, gritty
1. 1.1 Made of or resembling stone.
  石制的；石头一样的，像石头的
  stony steps
  石头台阶。
  Example sentencesExamples
  To pass the time, he stared at the stony bluffs surrounding the path.
  Conan followed them up the stony steps, back up to the light, the heat, and the noise.
  You almost feel as if you're walking those cold stony streets with him, breathing the scent of smoke and coffee, hearing the rhythms of the city.
  He stepped inside the stony tunnel quickly, waiting a moment to make sure the entrance closed completely.
  His blades drop with a clang on the stony steps, blood drips from his hands.
  Closer and closer the stony peaks came, the distance short enough for me to make out small boulders on the surface.
  The young male dragon emerged fully from the dilapidated nest, his tiny claws softly tapping the stony cave floor as he took his first step.
  With a low growl of irritation, Simon continued to dash after his cousin, gliding along the cold, stony pavement like a blur of auburn, tan, and gray.
  Set upon stony foundations, the house was to be wooden; considered a temporary structure in Turkey, it was exempt from planning consent.
  I hefted my pick over my shoulder and brought it down hard on the stony wall.
  The inside of the station was like the outside: cold and gray and stony.
  A rainbow was shining in the sunlight above a distant waterfall at a sparkling mountain river with a stony arch of a bridge.
  Everyone heard the quick pace of feet down stony steps.
2. 1.2 Not having or showing feeling or sympathy.
  冷酷的，无情的，铁石心肠的；无表情的
  Lorenzo's hard, stony eyes
  卢森佐坚定冷酷的眼神。
  Example sentencesExamples
  His stony expression did not discriminate; each student was subjected to its harsh gaze.
  Jared looks over at me, and raises his eyebrows at my stony glare.
  Rose's face turns hard and stony at the mention of Joelle.
  Some maintained a stony silence while others thought the question was ludicrous.
  Adam nodded his acquiescence and stood to begin clearing the table in stony silence.
  Members of the clemency board listen mostly in stony silence and decline even to deliberate before their vote.
  An uncomfortable silence followed, filled with stony glares shared between me and Natasha.
  The doctor expected a shrug, stony silence or some sort of sarcastic hiss.
  I smile while ordering, but her face stays stony, reminding me of a rock.
  For a moment both of them looked at me with stony and unimpressed looks on their faces, and my heart sank.
  Nick looked at Carolyn impassively, his face stony from lack of emotion.
  Jessica's stony expression softens and she stares at the ground for a moment.
  He turned to the others and was met by two identical stony glares.
  The film has been dubbed into English so badly that it is frequently difficult to tell who is meant to be talking, and the humour is so juvenile that even children sat in stony silence during the screening I attended.
  But I was going through a reclusive and non-communicative phase, and his efforts to talk to me, to establish genuine communication, were met with a stony and moody silence.
  His face was the same stony mask it had been.
  Although it occurred some two or three weeks ago, the local police have maintained a stony silence with respect to the theft.
  He stood in the doorway, a stony expression covering his face.
  Synonyms
  unfriendly, cold, chilly, frosty, icy, frigid
3. 1.3Astronomy (of a meteorite) consisting mostly of rock, as opposed to metal.
  〔天文〕（陨星）石质的
  Example sentencesExamples
  On the basis of their composition, meteorites are classified into three main groups: stony, stony-iron, and iron.
  Chondrites are the main type of stony meteorite, constituting 84 percent of all witnessed meteorite falls.
  Even strong iron meteorites, not just weaker stony meteorites, are affected.
  Chondrites are stony meteorites that contain small, melted beads known as chondrules and finer-grained material known as matrix.
  If the impact object was a stony carbonaceous chondrite there would be silicates all over the impact site.

Phrases

fall on stony ground

(of words or a suggestion) be ignored or badly received.
（话语，建议）被忽视；遭冷遇
Example sentencesExamples
- A parachute centre's plans to extend the number of days it operates fell on stony ground when the application came before the town council.
- Like all mail shots some probably fell on stony ground, whereas others may have attracted a little interest.
- The prime minister's offer will fall on stony ground, however.
- The book actually began in Malaysia, during a four hour taxi ride, when the author's mind conjured up a scene which he knew was just too good to let fall on stony ground.
- A suggestion of trying Gandhi's method falls on stony ground.
- The parish council at Barlby padlocked the £20,000 park after its appeals to the youngsters fell on stony ground.
- The idea of Franco-British union fell on stony ground.
- If even a handful of anthropologists were naive and unwitting collaborators of colonialism, and there is not much evidence of it here, their efforts fell on stony ground.
- Demands to review the project fell on stony ground - if it was to be completed on schedule, no delay could be considered.
- He also proposed the word ‘archaeography’, but that one fell on stony ground.

Origin

Old English stānig (see stone, -y).

词汇	stony
释义	Definition of stony in English: stony adjectivestoniest, stonier ˈstəʊniˈstoʊni 1Covered with or full of small pieces of rock. 石头覆盖的，铺石头的；多石的 rough stony paths 高低不平的石头路。 Example sentencesExamples And off they went again, up the stony, twisting path, bending over beneath their loads and a natural inclination to avoid the rain as much as possible. He took to the stony path, not minding where he put his feet. It has full-size trees, sand banks leading down to a stony beach, and water cascading down a rock outcrop. If you hike down the steep, stony path on the opposite side, you come to a small, swimming-pool-size basin of water, covered in a green carpet of duckweed. Weathered igneous and metamorphic rocks generally result in stony, well-drained, and relatively unfertile soils. He frowned, and started to retrace his steps up a stony path leading away. We avoided the first obstacle, a gully-bound stream that breaches the cliffs to run down to a stony beach, by following the path inland. Despite the best efforts of the excavators, the area was still very stony and most of the paths were pretty bumpy. You can picture the rugged terrain of rocky beaches and stony slopes with ancient smouldering volcanoes standing guard over antique vines. The path on the south side of the river is very stony and uneven and the jolting began to tell. The surface varies from a stony path to a rutted lane to a broad carpet of grass, all of it passable on a touring bike with the exception of 100 yards or so towards the end. The back garden is an attractive feature of this house, with a small stony path leading to a large covered bench at the back, with protection from the winds - a perfect spot to sit. Descend back to the bottom of the stony path and head right, along the depression and start the descent to a large basin. The route had been stony, uneven ground for most of the way and despite our cardiovascular fitness being fine, the cumulative effect of running over a jagged surface was taking its toll. She walks carefully along a little stony path, which winds its way between the unkempt bushes. We walked when we could - the ground was rough and stony, with scrub growing in any available crevice. The machine can operate in rough and stony ground inaccessible to conventional cutters. Rocky and stony soils are usually well drained, but at the same time not too fertile. Once past the houses, the enclosing walls open up and there are wonderful views along Troutbeck Park from the rough, stony track. We set out on foot from the car park, the falls being a good 10-minute walk away, on a stony path that goes up and down. Synonyms rocky, rock-strewn, pebbly, gravelly, shingly, gritty rough, hard, rugged 1.1 Made of or resembling stone. 石制的；石头一样的，像石头的 stony steps 石头台阶。 Example sentencesExamples I hefted my pick over my shoulder and brought it down hard on the stony wall. Set upon stony foundations, the house was to be wooden; considered a temporary structure in Turkey, it was exempt from planning consent. His blades drop with a clang on the stony steps, blood drips from his hands. The inside of the station was like the outside: cold and gray and stony. Conan followed them up the stony steps, back up to the light, the heat, and the noise. Closer and closer the stony peaks came, the distance short enough for me to make out small boulders on the surface. You almost feel as if you're walking those cold stony streets with him, breathing the scent of smoke and coffee, hearing the rhythms of the city. Everyone heard the quick pace of feet down stony steps. The young male dragon emerged fully from the dilapidated nest, his tiny claws softly tapping the stony cave floor as he took his first step. With a low growl of irritation, Simon continued to dash after his cousin, gliding along the cold, stony pavement like a blur of auburn, tan, and gray. A rainbow was shining in the sunlight above a distant waterfall at a sparkling mountain river with a stony arch of a bridge. To pass the time, he stared at the stony bluffs surrounding the path. He stepped inside the stony tunnel quickly, waiting a moment to make sure the entrance closed completely. 1.2Astronomy (of a meteorite) consisting mostly of rock, as opposed to metal. 〔天文〕（陨星）石质的 Example sentencesExamples Even strong iron meteorites, not just weaker stony meteorites, are affected. If the impact object was a stony carbonaceous chondrite there would be silicates all over the impact site. Chondrites are the main type of stony meteorite, constituting 84 percent of all witnessed meteorite falls. Chondrites are stony meteorites that contain small, melted beads known as chondrules and finer-grained material known as matrix. On the basis of their composition, meteorites are classified into three main groups: stony, stony-iron, and iron. 2Not having or showing feeling or sympathy. 冷酷的，无情的，铁石心肠的；无表情的 Lucenzo's hard, stony eyes 卢森佐坚定冷酷的眼神。 the government maintained a stony silence about the affair Example sentencesExamples The film has been dubbed into English so badly that it is frequently difficult to tell who is meant to be talking, and the humour is so juvenile that even children sat in stony silence during the screening I attended. Nick looked at Carolyn impassively, his face stony from lack of emotion. He turned to the others and was met by two identical stony glares. For a moment both of them looked at me with stony and unimpressed looks on their faces, and my heart sank. The doctor expected a shrug, stony silence or some sort of sarcastic hiss. An uncomfortable silence followed, filled with stony glares shared between me and Natasha. Some maintained a stony silence while others thought the question was ludicrous. Jared looks over at me, and raises his eyebrows at my stony glare. Jessica's stony expression softens and she stares at the ground for a moment. But I was going through a reclusive and non-communicative phase, and his efforts to talk to me, to establish genuine communication, were met with a stony and moody silence. His face was the same stony mask it had been. Rose's face turns hard and stony at the mention of Joelle. Members of the clemency board listen mostly in stony silence and decline even to deliberate before their vote. His stony expression did not discriminate; each student was subjected to its harsh gaze. He stood in the doorway, a stony expression covering his face. Although it occurred some two or three weeks ago, the local police have maintained a stony silence with respect to the theft. Adam nodded his acquiescence and stood to begin clearing the table in stony silence. I smile while ordering, but her face stays stony, reminding me of a rock. Synonyms unfriendly, cold, chilly, frosty, icy, frigid hard, flinty, steely, stern, severe fixed, expressionless, blank, poker-faced, deadpan unfeeling, uncaring, unsympathetic, lacking compassion, insensitive, unmoved, indifferent, unresponsive, cold-hearted, callous, heartless, tough, hard-hearted, stony-hearted, inflexible, unbending, unyielding, uncompromising, merciless, pitiless, ruthless, unforgiving, hostile literary adamantine rare indurate, marble-hearted, Rhadamanthine Phrases fall on stony ground (of words or a suggestion) be ignored or badly received. （话语，建议）被忽视；遭冷遇 their constructive advice fell on stony ground Example sentencesExamples The prime minister's offer will fall on stony ground, however. A parachute centre's plans to extend the number of days it operates fell on stony ground when the application came before the town council. Like all mail shots some probably fell on stony ground, whereas others may have attracted a little interest. He also proposed the word ‘archaeography’, but that one fell on stony ground. The book actually began in Malaysia, during a four hour taxi ride, when the author's mind conjured up a scene which he knew was just too good to let fall on stony ground. Demands to review the project fell on stony ground - if it was to be completed on schedule, no delay could be considered. The idea of Franco-British union fell on stony ground. If even a handful of anthropologists were naive and unwitting collaborators of colonialism, and there is not much evidence of it here, their efforts fell on stony ground. The parish council at Barlby padlocked the £20,000 park after its appeals to the youngsters fell on stony ground. A suggestion of trying Gandhi's method falls on stony ground. Derivatives stonily adverb ˈstəʊnɪli The boy remained silent, staring at him stonily. Example sentencesExamples He avoided the fat man's searching squint, kept his eyes fixed stonily on the water. The entire room continued to stare stonily at me while Wanda nodded encouragingly. Within in two minutes, only Morgana and Violet remained in the garden, mother and daughter staring stonily at each other across the few feet that separated them. I didn't reply, and continued to stare stonily ahead. stoniness noun ˈstəʊnɪnəsˈstoʊninəs She felt the stoniness of his restraint and turned around to face him. Example sentencesExamples While Duval was a four time All-American at Georgia Tech he was known as Rock, for the solidity of his game and the stoniness of his bearing. I'm terrified that if I stop writing, then my traditional wall of stoniness will return forever. Her expression changed back to stoniness when Catherine met her eyes. That touched her deeply, as much as the fear and worry she could see once he'd dropped the stoniness, allowing her to see the vulnerability beneath. Origin Old English stānig (see stone, -y¹). Rhymes abalone, Albinoni, Annigoni, Antonioni, baloney, Bodoni, boloney, bony, calzone, cannelloni, canzone, cicerone, coney, conversazione, coronae, crony, Gaborone, Giorgione, macaroni, Manzoni, Marconi, mascarpone, minestrone, Moroni, Mulroney, padrone, panettoni, pepperoni, phoney, polony, pony, rigatoni, Shoshone, Sloaney, Toni, tony, zabaglione adj.1 phr. Definition of stony in US English: stony adjectiveˈstoʊniˈstōnē 1Covered with or full of small pieces of rock. 石头覆盖的，铺石头的；多石的 rough stony paths 高低不平的石头路。 Example sentencesExamples The machine can operate in rough and stony ground inaccessible to conventional cutters. The back garden is an attractive feature of this house, with a small stony path leading to a large covered bench at the back, with protection from the winds - a perfect spot to sit. Rocky and stony soils are usually well drained, but at the same time not too fertile. The path on the south side of the river is very stony and uneven and the jolting began to tell. And off they went again, up the stony, twisting path, bending over beneath their loads and a natural inclination to avoid the rain as much as possible. The surface varies from a stony path to a rutted lane to a broad carpet of grass, all of it passable on a touring bike with the exception of 100 yards or so towards the end. He took to the stony path, not minding where he put his feet. Once past the houses, the enclosing walls open up and there are wonderful views along Troutbeck Park from the rough, stony track. We avoided the first obstacle, a gully-bound stream that breaches the cliffs to run down to a stony beach, by following the path inland. He frowned, and started to retrace his steps up a stony path leading away. You can picture the rugged terrain of rocky beaches and stony slopes with ancient smouldering volcanoes standing guard over antique vines. We walked when we could - the ground was rough and stony, with scrub growing in any available crevice. If you hike down the steep, stony path on the opposite side, you come to a small, swimming-pool-size basin of water, covered in a green carpet of duckweed. Weathered igneous and metamorphic rocks generally result in stony, well-drained, and relatively unfertile soils. She walks carefully along a little stony path, which winds its way between the unkempt bushes. Descend back to the bottom of the stony path and head right, along the depression and start the descent to a large basin. It has full-size trees, sand banks leading down to a stony beach, and water cascading down a rock outcrop. The route had been stony, uneven ground for most of the way and despite our cardiovascular fitness being fine, the cumulative effect of running over a jagged surface was taking its toll. Despite the best efforts of the excavators, the area was still very stony and most of the paths were pretty bumpy. We set out on foot from the car park, the falls being a good 10-minute walk away, on a stony path that goes up and down. Synonyms rocky, rock-strewn, pebbly, gravelly, shingly, gritty 1.1 Made of or resembling stone. 石制的；石头一样的，像石头的 stony steps 石头台阶。 Example sentencesExamples To pass the time, he stared at the stony bluffs surrounding the path. Conan followed them up the stony steps, back up to the light, the heat, and the noise. You almost feel as if you're walking those cold stony streets with him, breathing the scent of smoke and coffee, hearing the rhythms of the city. He stepped inside the stony tunnel quickly, waiting a moment to make sure the entrance closed completely. His blades drop with a clang on the stony steps, blood drips from his hands. Closer and closer the stony peaks came, the distance short enough for me to make out small boulders on the surface. The young male dragon emerged fully from the dilapidated nest, his tiny claws softly tapping the stony cave floor as he took his first step. With a low growl of irritation, Simon continued to dash after his cousin, gliding along the cold, stony pavement like a blur of auburn, tan, and gray. Set upon stony foundations, the house was to be wooden; considered a temporary structure in Turkey, it was exempt from planning consent. I hefted my pick over my shoulder and brought it down hard on the stony wall. The inside of the station was like the outside: cold and gray and stony. A rainbow was shining in the sunlight above a distant waterfall at a sparkling mountain river with a stony arch of a bridge. Everyone heard the quick pace of feet down stony steps. 1.2 Not having or showing feeling or sympathy. 冷酷的，无情的，铁石心肠的；无表情的 Lorenzo's hard, stony eyes 卢森佐坚定冷酷的眼神。 Example sentencesExamples His stony expression did not discriminate; each student was subjected to its harsh gaze. Jared looks over at me, and raises his eyebrows at my stony glare. Rose's face turns hard and stony at the mention of Joelle. Some maintained a stony silence while others thought the question was ludicrous. Adam nodded his acquiescence and stood to begin clearing the table in stony silence. Members of the clemency board listen mostly in stony silence and decline even to deliberate before their vote. An uncomfortable silence followed, filled with stony glares shared between me and Natasha. The doctor expected a shrug, stony silence or some sort of sarcastic hiss. I smile while ordering, but her face stays stony, reminding me of a rock. For a moment both of them looked at me with stony and unimpressed looks on their faces, and my heart sank. Nick looked at Carolyn impassively, his face stony from lack of emotion. Jessica's stony expression softens and she stares at the ground for a moment. He turned to the others and was met by two identical stony glares. The film has been dubbed into English so badly that it is frequently difficult to tell who is meant to be talking, and the humour is so juvenile that even children sat in stony silence during the screening I attended. But I was going through a reclusive and non-communicative phase, and his efforts to talk to me, to establish genuine communication, were met with a stony and moody silence. His face was the same stony mask it had been. Although it occurred some two or three weeks ago, the local police have maintained a stony silence with respect to the theft. He stood in the doorway, a stony expression covering his face. Synonyms unfriendly, cold, chilly, frosty, icy, frigid 1.3Astronomy (of a meteorite) consisting mostly of rock, as opposed to metal. 〔天文〕（陨星）石质的 Example sentencesExamples On the basis of their composition, meteorites are classified into three main groups: stony, stony-iron, and iron. Chondrites are the main type of stony meteorite, constituting 84 percent of all witnessed meteorite falls. Even strong iron meteorites, not just weaker stony meteorites, are affected. Chondrites are stony meteorites that contain small, melted beads known as chondrules and finer-grained material known as matrix. If the impact object was a stony carbonaceous chondrite there would be silicates all over the impact site. Phrases fall on stony ground (of words or a suggestion) be ignored or badly received. （话语，建议）被忽视；遭冷遇 Example sentencesExamples A parachute centre's plans to extend the number of days it operates fell on stony ground when the application came before the town council. Like all mail shots some probably fell on stony ground, whereas others may have attracted a little interest. The prime minister's offer will fall on stony ground, however. The book actually began in Malaysia, during a four hour taxi ride, when the author's mind conjured up a scene which he knew was just too good to let fall on stony ground. A suggestion of trying Gandhi's method falls on stony ground. The parish council at Barlby padlocked the £20,000 park after its appeals to the youngsters fell on stony ground. The idea of Franco-British union fell on stony ground. If even a handful of anthropologists were naive and unwitting collaborators of colonialism, and there is not much evidence of it here, their efforts fell on stony ground. Demands to review the project fell on stony ground - if it was to be completed on schedule, no delay could be considered. He also proposed the word ‘archaeography’, but that one fell on stony ground. Origin Old English stānig (see stone, -y). adj.1 phr.
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