| 释义 |
flint/flint/n. 1a a hard grey stone of nearly pure silica occurring naturally as nodules or bands in chalk 燧石 b a piece of this esp. as flaked or ground to form a primitive tool or weapon (尤指凿成或磨成原始工具或武器的)燧石块，燧石片；石器 2 a piece of hard alloy of rare-earth metals used to give an igniting spark in a cigarette lighter etc. (打火机等用的)电石 3 a piece of flint used with steel to produce fire, esp. in a flintlock gun (尤指燧发枪用的)火石 4 anything hard and unyielding 坚硬物 □ flinty adj. (flintier, flintiest)□ flintily adv.□ flintiness n.[Old English] |