1·They listened to him in stony silence.
他们冷漠地静静听他讲。
—— 《牛津词典》
2·Their pleas were heard in stony silence.
回应他们请求的是冷酷的沉默。
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。
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。