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rocky

/rok-ee/US // ˈrɒk i //UK // (ˈrɒkɪ) //

岩石的,岩石,岩石般的,坎坷的

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    rock·i·er, rock·i·est.

    • : full of or abounding in rocks.
    • : consisting of rock.
    • : rocklike: wood with a rocky hardness.
    • : firm; steadfast: rocky endurance.
    • : unfeeling; without sympathy or emotion: my rocky heart.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.unyielding, inflexible
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Examples

  • Megan Barrington watched the sun rise over the rocky outcrop.

  • That extra carbon dioxide results in oceans that are more acidic, which makes it harder for corals to build their rocky homes.

  • That means it probably has to be a gas giant like Jupiter rather than a rocky planet like Earth.

  • However, he explains, that broth could be a liquid water ocean — one that exchanges chemicals with some rocky surface.

  • Because things are only going to get rockier through election day.

  • If you doubt that, look at the history of these Northern Rocky Mountain states with the recently delisted wolf.

  • These agricultural pests migrate in mid-summer to the Rocky Mountains from Kansas and Nebraska to beat the heat.

  • Democrats are struggling up and down the ticket in the Rocky Mountain State.

  • By contrast, the interior of big planets like Jupiter still hold some mysteries, such as whether they have rocky cores.

  • Well talking about big movies, you've been cast to play Apollo Creed's grandson in a new Rocky franchise installment.

  • As he was toiling slowly up a narrow, rocky pass, he suddenly saw an Indian's head peering over the ledge.

  • On a rocky islet in the centre of a fresh water pond two miles in circuit they commenced erecting a fort and store house.

  • As if to prove that he was a true prophet, the herd split against a rocky pinnacle, and on this we stranded.

  • We were now drifting to the South by East through a wide channel, sounding in between fifty and sixty fathoms, rocky bottom.

  • Buache Island was visible as well as the small rocky islet between it and Cape Peron.