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flint n.打火石；极硬的东西 (1) 火石可以打火。(2) 这一岩层中有大量燧石。(3) 他有一副铁石心肠。(4) 她冷酷地瞪他一眼。 Through history, flint has been used for sharp tools, in walls and buildings, for making sparks to start fires, and in jewelry and pottery. You can also use the word figuratively, to mean a quality of hardness or even cruelty in a someone's personality: "The flint in his nature made him unsympathetic even to the most pitiful crying child."

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英 [flɪnt] 美 [flɪnt] (1) It is possible to strike fire from flint.(2) This layer of rock contains a lot of flint.(3) He has a heart of flint.(4) She gave him a look as hard as flint. Flint is a very hard type of rock. Ever since humans first learned to make tools, back in the Stone Age, they've used flint. 1[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]燧石；火石 Flint is a very hard greyish-black stone that was used in former times for making tools. ...a flint arrowhead.燧石箭头...eyes the colour of flint.燧石色的眼睛2[N-COUNT 可数名词]打火石 A flint is a small piece of flint which can be struck with a piece of steel to produce sparks.

英语单词	flint
英美音标	英 [flɪnt] 美 [flɪnt]
中文释义	n.打火石；极硬的东西
英语例句	(1) It is possible to strike fire from flint. (2) This layer of rock contains a lot of flint. (3) He has a heart of flint. (4) She gave him a look as hard as flint.
中文例句	(1) 火石可以打火。 (2) 这一岩层中有大量燧石。 (3) 他有一副铁石心肠。 (4) 她冷酷地瞪他一眼。
vocabulary简明	Flint is a very hard type of rock. Ever since humans first learned to make tools, back in the Stone Age, they've used flint.
vocabulary扩展	Through history, flint has been used for sharp tools, in walls and buildings, for making sparks to start fires, and in jewelry and pottery. You can also use the word figuratively, to mean a quality of hardness or even cruelty in a someone's personality: "The flint in his nature made him unsympathetic even to the most pitiful crying child."
柯林斯解释	1 [N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]燧石；火石 Flint is a very hard greyish-black stone that was used in former times for making tools. ...a flint arrowhead. 燧石箭头 ...eyes the colour of flint. 燧石色的眼睛 2 [N-COUNT 可数名词]打火石 A flint is a small piece of flint which can be struck with a piece of steel to produce sparks.

Flint Hard Tools Stone Making Piece 英 Flɪnt] 美