stony silence
冷漠的沉默：指完全没有回应或表情的沉默
常用释义
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基本释义
- 冷漠的沉默：指完全没有回应或表情的沉默，通常表示不满、不耐烦或不友好。
例句
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1·They listened to him in stony silence.他们冷漠地静静听他讲。来源: 《牛津词典》
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2·Their pleas were heard in stony silence.回应他们请求的是冷酷的沉默。
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3·Instead he remained among the trees, keeping pace with Owen and mocking him with stony silence.他依旧呆在树丛里，不远不近地跟着欧文，用冰冷的沉默嘲讽着他。
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4·Rather than probing too much, one of my bosses on a previous job many years ago took the opposite tack: he simply stopped talking and stared at the applicant for a minute or more of stony silence.我多年前一份工作的老板并没有问得太深入，而是采取了相反的策略：干脆什么也不说，直愣愣地盯着求职者一分多钟。