granite

Definitions

From Latin granum (grain) → Italian granito, 'grained,' because the rock is visibly made of speckled mineral grains. Granite is famously hard and unyielding — hence the metaphor 'set in granite,' meaning fixed and immovable.

Common Collocations

• 1.granite countertop花岗岩台面
• 2.block of granite一块花岗岩
• 3.set in granite板上钉钉

Example Sentences

• 1.

  The kitchen has a polished granite countertop.

• 2.

  The monument was carved from a single block of granite.

• 3.

  Her decision was set in granite; nothing could change it.