flint

英[flɪnt] 美[flɪnt]
  • n. 打火石；极硬的东西
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星级词汇:

详细释义

Noun:
  1. a hard kind of stone; a form of silica more opaque than chalcedony

  2. a river in western Georgia that flows generally south to join the Chattahoochee River at the Florida border where they form the Apalachicola River

  3. a city in southeast central Michigan near Detroit; automobile manufacturing

Adjective:
  1. showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings;

    "his flinty gaze"
    "the child's misery would move even the most obdurate heart"

双语例句

1. Under the pressure, the flint crumbled into fragments.
燧石在压力的作用下碎成了小块。

来自柯林斯例句

2. His eyes were as hard as flint.
他的眼神冷酷无情。

来自《权威词典》

3. 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.

来自《简明英汉词典》

4. The rock here was as hard as flint.
这里的岩石像燧石一样坚硬.

来自《简明英汉词典》

5. He has a heart as hard as flint.
他有一副铁石心肠.

来自《简明英汉词典》

    用作名词 (n.)
    1. It is possible to strike fire from flint.
      火石可以打火。
    2. This layer of rock contains a lot of flint.
      这一岩层中有大量燧石。
    3. He has a heart of flint.
      他有一副铁石心肠。
    4. She gave him a look as hard as flint.
      她冷酷地瞪他一眼。

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