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单词 flinders
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Definition of flinders in English:

flinders

plural noun ˈflɪndəzˈflindərz
  • Small fragments or splinters.

    碎片,破片

    the panel has been smashed to flinders

    嵌板被打成了碎片。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The vast majority of the time shadows were cast fantastically, from flinders of wood during their seconds-long existence after the wooden object they came from was broken, to the lump on a throat.
    • Two shots in quick succession tore the wood into flinders that she kicked away.
    • Will one of these rogues try to chop me to flinders with his mighty halberd?
    • That whiny and disloyal Max the Dog is crushed along with the goods as they tumble down the slope and smash to flinders.
    • His fists start to bleed from the flinders of wood on the door, but he is oblivious to his own pain.
    Synonyms
    sliver, shiver, chip, shard, needle

Origin

Late Middle English: probably of Scandinavian origin and related to Norwegian flindra 'chip, splinter'.

Definition of flinders in US English:

flinders

plural nounˈflindərz
  • Small fragments or splinters.

    碎片,破片

    the panel has been smashed to flinders

    嵌板被打成了碎片。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • His fists start to bleed from the flinders of wood on the door, but he is oblivious to his own pain.
    • Will one of these rogues try to chop me to flinders with his mighty halberd?
    • The vast majority of the time shadows were cast fantastically, from flinders of wood during their seconds-long existence after the wooden object they came from was broken, to the lump on a throat.
    • Two shots in quick succession tore the wood into flinders that she kicked away.
    • That whiny and disloyal Max the Dog is crushed along with the goods as they tumble down the slope and smash to flinders.
    Synonyms
    sliver, shiver, chip, shard, needle

Origin

Late Middle English: probably of Scandinavian origin and related to Norwegian flindra ‘chip, splinter’.

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