| 单词 | flint |
|---|---|
| 音标 | [flint] |
| 解释 | n.打火石，燧石 |
| 红宝书 | 【考】 pestle : grind / flint stone : sharpen(研棒用来研磨/硬石 用来磨砺) |
| 字源 | flint (n.) Old English flint "flint, rock," 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 were in Old English. |
| 不择手段背单词 | n. (用钢撞击能发出火星的坚硬的)火石, 燧石 【源】弗林特(美国密歇根州中部城市, 盛产flint, 20世纪初成为一个汽车制造中心) 【记】fl = fly, int是international的缩写: 满世界飞, 需要flint, 万一掉到一个原始森林里还能生存 【参】flinty(adj 坚硬的; 冷酷的); fling(n 投掷; 猛冲vt 猛投vi 猛冲) 【类】pestle: grind = spoon: stirring『flint stone: sharpen』『scissor: cutting』『pencil: recording』研棒用来研磨 = 勺用来搅拌『燧石: 磨锋利』『剪刀: 剪』『铅笔: 记录』 |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】fire，f读音也近于火，+ -lith 石头的词根, 火石 【相关】flint 打火石，glint 闪烁，splint 薄木条，木板；连起来：用flint打着火，火光glint，点燃splint |
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