rocky
英['r?k?]
美['rɑki]
- adj. 巖石的，多巖石的；堅如巖石的；搖晃的；頭暈目眩的
詞態(tài)變化
比較級:?rockier;最高級:?rockiest;
英文詞源
- rocky (adj.)
- "full of rocks," c. 1400, from rock (n.1) + -y (2); "unsteady," 1737, from rock (v.1). Meaning "difficult, hard" is recorded from 1873, and may represent a bit of both.
The Rocky Mountains so called by 1802, translating French Montagnes Rocheuses, first applied to the Canadian Rockies. "The name is not directly self-descriptive but is an approximate translation of the name of the former Native American people here known as the Assiniboin .... The mountains are in fact not noticeably rocky" [Room]. Bright notes that "These Indians were called /assiniipwaan/, lit. 'stone Sioux', by their Cree (Algonkian) neighbors".
雙語例句
- 1. The paths are often very rocky so strong boots are advisable.
- 路上通常石頭很多，所以最好穿結實耐磨的靴子。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Their relationship had gotten off to a rocky start.
- 他們的關系在磕磕絆絆中開始了。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. A walker fell 80ft from a rocky pinnacle.
- 一位徒步者從一塊80英尺高的尖錐形巖石上摔了下來。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. The surrounding countryside is windswept and rocky.
- 這周圍的鄉(xiāng)村風多石頭多。
來自《權威詞典》
- 5. seabirds nesting on rocky ledges
- 海鳥在巖架上筑巢
來自《權威詞典》