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词汇 stony-faced
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Definition of stony-faced in English:

stony-faced

adjective
  • Showing no emotion; impassive.

    a cold-blooded, stony-faced assassin
    the foreign minister sat stony-faced and without applauding
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Another American, stony-faced and wearing dark glasses, came out and stood close enough to listen.
    • They run into a stony-faced receptionist who is not inclined to listen to their sales pitch.
    • Murphy looked on stony-faced, showing no emotion.
    • A stony-faced Chancellor refused to comment.
    • Looking stony-faced, he left the police station on bail in a taxi after being questioned for six hours.
    • However, even the worst sketches elicit a happy groan rather than stony-faced silence.
    • For their part, the women sat stony-faced, watching their menfolk make fools of themselves.
    • Right after Harrington pitched in from 70 yards for his second eagle of the day, his companion walked stony-faced from the green to the next tee.
    • The campaigners, however, face a stony-faced industry with the law on its side.
    • When he occasionally raised his head, the look was one of stony-faced indifference to what was happening around him.
    Synonyms
    solemn, earnest, serious, sombre, sober, severe

Definition of stony-faced in US English:

stony-faced

adjectiveˌstoʊniˈfeɪstˌstōnēˈfāst
  • Showing no emotion in one's face; looking very serious or gloomy.

    a cold-blooded, stony-faced assassin
    the foreign minister sat stony-faced and without applauding
    Example sentencesExamples
    • They run into a stony-faced receptionist who is not inclined to listen to their sales pitch.
    • When he occasionally raised his head, the look was one of stony-faced indifference to what was happening around him.
    • Looking stony-faced, he left the police station on bail in a taxi after being questioned for six hours.
    • Murphy looked on stony-faced, showing no emotion.
    • For their part, the women sat stony-faced, watching their menfolk make fools of themselves.
    • The campaigners, however, face a stony-faced industry with the law on its side.
    • However, even the worst sketches elicit a happy groan rather than stony-faced silence.
    • A stony-faced Chancellor refused to comment.
    • Another American, stony-faced and wearing dark glasses, came out and stood close enough to listen.
    • Right after Harrington pitched in from 70 yards for his second eagle of the day, his companion walked stony-faced from the green to the next tee.
    Synonyms
    solemn, earnest, serious, sombre, sober, severe
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