transcription, транскрипция: [ hɑ:(r)di ]
( hardier, hardiest)
1.
Plants that are hardy are able to survive cold weather.
The silver-leaved varieties of cyclamen are not quite as hardy.
ADJ
• har‧di‧ness
...the hardiness of other species that have blue flowers.
N-UNCOUNT
2.
People and animals that are hardy are strong and able to cope with difficult conditions.
It should not surprise us that such an environment has produced a hardy and independent people...
ADJ
• har‧di‧ness
...the hardiness, endurance, and courage of my companions...
N-UNCOUNT
3.
If you describe a group of people as hardy , you mean that they have been very patient or loyal, or have been trying hard to do something in difficult conditions.
...the ten hardy supporters who had made the trek to Dublin from Riga.
ADJ : usu ADJ n