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rockiness

/rok-ee-nis/US // ˈrɒk i nɪs //

岩石性,岩石感,岩石质地,岩石

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the state or condition of being rocky.

Examples

  • Our passage was attended with great difficulty, owing to the rapidity of the stream, and the rockiness of the bottom.

  • A minute, and then another, and we reached the confines of the wood coming out at last upon the bare rockiness of the countryside.

  • The rockiness of the soil in Ireland is so universal that it predominates in every sort.

  • Flatness is a sublime quality in certain landscapes, just as rockiness is a sublime quality in others.