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

• 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。
• An obsolete gunlock using flint and a revolving wheel.
  用燧石和旋转轮的废弃的手枪。
• Ann Arbor, Battle Creek, Flint and Lansing all saw smaller drops.
  安阿伯，巴特克里市，弗林特和兰辛所有地区有较小的下跌。
• 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；
• At that time they have learn to strike fire from flint.
  那时他们已学会了用燧石打火。
• But I daresay he met his negress, and perhaps still lives in comfort with her and captain flint.
  不过，我相信他一定找到了他的黑人老婆，也许仍然舒舒服服地和她以及“福林特船长”生活在一起。
• Your cigarette-lighter needs a new flint.
  你的打火机需换新电石了。
• How do you think Captain Flint did it, mom?
  妈妈，你觉得弗林特船长是怎么做到的？
• 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。
• Now, Jim, that isn't Flint's ship, is it?
  吉姆，那是不是弗林特的船？