英汉词典

flint 基本解释

• n. 燧石；打火石；极硬的东西
• n. (Flint)人名；(德、英、俄、法、瑞典)弗林特

flint 词态变化

flint 中文词源

来自PIE*splei,撕开，分开，词源同split, splinter. 指古代用来打火用的两块硬石片。类似词义演变比较vagina, vanilla. 拼写演变比较foam, spume.

flint 英文词源

flint (n.)

Old English flint "flint; a type of rock noted for hardness and for giving off sparks when struck," common Germanic (cognates Middle Dutch vlint, Old High German flins, Danish flint), from PIE *splind- "to split, cleave," from root *(s)plei- "to splice, split" (cognates: Greek plinthos "brick, tile," Old Irish slind "brick"), perhaps a variant of *spel- (1) "to split, break off." Transferred senses (hardness, etc.) were in Old English.

flint 英文释义

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

flint 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》

flint 实用场景例句

prehistoric flint implements

史前燧石工具

牛津词典

His eyes were as hard as flint.

他的眼神冷酷无情。

牛津词典

...a flint arrowhead.

燧石箭头

柯林斯高阶英语词典

...eyes the colour of flint.

燧石色的眼睛

柯林斯高阶英语词典

This layer of rock contains a lot of flint.

这一岩层中有大量燧石.

辞典例句

Fortunately , however, ancient men made tools of stone, especially flint.

然而,幸运的是, 远古人用石头制作了工具, 特别是用燧石.

期刊摘选

The rock here was as hard as flint.

这里的岩石像燧石一样坚硬.

《简明英汉词典》

He was so enthralled with the novel flint he stayed the whole night.

他被小说迷住了,整夜未眠.

期刊摘选

He has a heart as hard as flint.

他有一副铁石心肠.

《简明英汉词典》

Is thy heart, then as unyielding as the Flint Stone thou art wielding?

你的心是否坚不可摧, 就像你们抛出的燧石?

期刊摘选

He is as hard as flint where business is concerned.

他在生意上是冷酷无情的.

期刊摘选

If it chipped like flint, he could make a serviceable knife out of it.

只要它的质地接近打火石, 卡森就有足够的信心将它磨成一把耐用的小刀.

期刊摘选

His whole face was colourless rock; his eye was both spark and flint.

他整个的脸就象无色的岩石, 他的眼睛既象火星又象火石.

辞典例句

Prehistoric man used flint knives.

史前人用打火石刀.

辞典例句

The miser , who head a heart of flint, drove the old beggar woman away.

守财奴是个冷酷无情的人, 他把乞讨的老妇人赶走了.

期刊摘选

You cannot wring water from a flint.

燧石里拧不出水来(缘木求鱼).

期刊摘选

Flint: Long time no see. Where have you been?

弗林特: 很久没见了, 你去了哪里?

期刊摘选

I daresay he met his old negress, perhaps still lives in comfort with her Captain Flint.

不过,我相信他找到了他的黑老婆, 还带着“弗林特船长”,过得挺舒服.

期刊摘选

Bribery money, make your flay a flint.

受贿的钱, 使你贪得无厌.

期刊摘选

But, by thunder ! if it don't make me cold inside to think of Flint.

不过, 说真的,只要一想到福林特,我就不禁感到浑身发冷.

英汉文学 - 金银岛

He pulled out all stops in a speech in Flint, Michigan, on October 17.

10月17日,他在密执安州弗林特的一次演讲中施展浑身解数.

辞典例句

Code Name Flint. I made lots of weapons for them.

火石.自制了很多武器给他们装备. (下)

期刊摘选

It is possible to strike fire from flint.

火石可以打火.

期刊摘选

Flint Lockwood : People ever poverty to advance an astir life, and is not it?

弗林特: “人总要积极生活的, 不是 吗 ?”

期刊摘选

'Yes,'said one,'that's Flint , sure enough.

“ 是的, ” 一个海盗说, “ 是福林特的, 一点不错.

英汉文学 - 金银岛

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.

《简明英汉词典》

The Indians chipped flint arrowhead.

印第安人凿制燧石箭头.

辞典例句

They tipped their arrows with flint.

他们将箭的尖端装上燧石.

期刊摘选

Carson understood the flint knife from his belt andthe tortured creatureThe live lizard scurried off.

卡森终于明白了那几个词的意思.他从皮带上抽出小刀,上前给了那条备受煎熬的断腿蜥蜴一个了结.

期刊摘选

His eyes were as hard as flint.

他的眼神冷酷无情。

《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》