flint

英 [flɪnt]

美 [flɪnt]

n.  燧石; 火石; 打火石

复数：flints　

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BNC.12479 / COCA.15638

牛津词典

noun

• 燧石；火石
  a type of very hard grey stone that can produce a spark when it is hit against steel
  1. prehistoric flint implements
     史前燧石工具
  2. His eyes were as hard as flint.
     他的眼神冷酷无情。
• 打火石
  a piece of flint or hard metal that is used to produce a spark

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 燧石;火石
  Flintis a very hard greyish-black stone that was used in former times for making tools.
  1. ...a flint arrowhead.
     燧石箭头
  2. ...eyes the colour of flint.
     燧石色的眼睛
• 打火石
  Aflintis a small piece of flint which can be struck with a piece of steel to produce sparks.

英英释义

noun

• a hard kind of stone

adj

• showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings
  1. his flinty gaze
  2. the child's misery would move even the most obdurate heart
  Synonym:flintygraniticobduratestony

双语例句

• This layer of rock contains a lot of flint.
  这一岩层中有大量燧石。
• I was Flint's first ship's officer, and I'm the only one who knows the place.
  我以前是弗林特船上的大副，只有我一个人知道那个地方。
• My fathers father worked in the Chevy plant in Flint, Michigan. He was an assembly line worker.
  我的祖父在密歇根州弗林特的雪佛兰汽车工厂工作，他是装配线上的一名工人。
• At that time they have learn to strike fire from flint.
  那时他们已学会了用燧石打火。
• Then he took out his tinderbox and struck the flint.
  于是他拿出火绒箱，并敲击打火石。
• Houses in this part of the country are built of flint.
  这个国家这一区的房子是用燧石建造的。
• Now, Jim, that isn't Flint's ship, is it?
  吉姆，那是不是弗林特的船？
• I think you kicked the flint.
  我想你踢跑了打火石。
• Her heart quickened with happiness that she felt the child's flint movement in those children down.
  她第一次感到子宫中孩子的懦动，幸福感使她的心跳加快了。
• When the steel struck the flint, such men were rare as dragon's teeth;
  当磨刀霍霍时，这样叫嚣的人马上就少到和龙齿一样珍贵了；