altre traduzioni
| masso |
boulder
rock
block
mass of stone
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| macigno |
boulder
rock
|
| masso roccioso |
boulder
|
sinonimi
sostantivo
Esempi
The continent wasn’t dotted with rounded boulders smoothed by millennia of exposure to rain and snow, but jagged rocks of hardened magma that had violently erupted forth from the Earth’s crust.
The ground proved to be hard going, broken up by boulders and jagged lumps of peat that crumbled underfoot without warning.
Groups of boulders were scattered here and there like lonely tumors on a giant’s back, and short vegetation covered the surface of the land like a woven green carpet.
Tumbled down from the heights above, the stone formed the bed of the fast-moving stream, slowly dissolving under the constant flow of water or being swept ashore in rocks ranging from pebbles to giant boulders.
After that, the ground became rugged, not just scattered bits of rock but boulders jutting out of the earth and patches of raw stone that they had to scamper across, leaning against the slope so they didn’t slide hundreds of paces back down.
They were so still sand collected on them, making them appear like so many boulders.
The pinnacle-shaped boulders were around the same height as him and were huddled tightly together.
As he got closer to the rocks, he saw that the boulders were shaped like spirals, almost as if they had been twisted out of the ground by giants.
Nesta’s fingers spasmed as she reached for Emerie’s outstretched hand where her friend knelt atop one of the sharp boulders.
No matter how high they climbed, how many boulders they cleared along the narrow path, the peak grew no closer.
The room in which they stood had a large bay window that looked out over a valley; he crossed to it, and was rewarded with a view of a fat, slow river winding through boulders below, and an astonishing mass of greenery – an explosion of natural beauty.
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