granite 的定义
- a coarse-grained igneous rock composed chiefly of orthoclase and albite feldspars and of quartz, usually with lesser amounts of one or more other minerals, as mica, hornblende, or augite.
- anything compared to this rock in great hardness, firmness, or durability.
granite 近义词
等同于 gray/grey
更多granite例句
- There’s nothing for the snow to bond to except for itself and granite.
- To my back was an outrageous view of the Sphinx, a massive granite sentinel that towers ominously over the entire valley.
- Yosemite features some of the world’s tallest granite walls, a parade of thundering waterfalls, and colossal domes and peaks carved in part by the ferocious power of ancient glaciers and volcanoes.
- In summer and fall, rock climbers go to City of Rocks National Reserve in southern Idaho—about three hours north of Salt Lake City or ten-plus hours from Seattle—to scale the granite faces the park is known for.
- Most—though not all—activities involve finding ways to engage with it, whether that’s hiking along the coast, climbing the many pink granite cliffs, or kayaking or sailing to its offshore islands.
- After that granite band is filled in, there are seven more blank ones on the next block.
- Republican Scott Brown, the former Massachusetts senator now running in the Granite State, is the best conveyor of the message.
- He was told it had gone well, he said, and he has already received two more invitations to the Granite State.
- Two hours east of Dallas, sun-drenched granite cliffs loom high above the cloudy waters of Possum Kingdom Lake.
- The sand on its namesake beach turns gray as the sun dips behind the Two Brothers, twin granite spires at the far side of the bay.
- Why not have sought out the pure white lime-rocks of the flat country, or the grey granite of the hills?
- On the opposite side of the stream, set back about thirty paces from the brink, stood a granite boulder.
- The Piedmont also has a great variety of rocks, including granite and soapstone which are currently commercially important.
- It is protected by a stupendous granite breakwater, costing many millions and affording a delightful promenade on a fine day.
- The hills of Mount Upstart are of primitive form, and were judged to be composed of granite.