| 单词 | flint |
| 释义 | flint n. 1. a a hard grey stone of nearly pure silica occurring naturally as nodules or bands in chalk. b a piece of this esp. as flaked or ground to form a primitive tool or weapon. 2. a piece of hard alloy of rare-earth metals used to give an igniting spark in a cigarette-lighter etc. 3. a piece of flint used with steel to produce fire, esp. in a flintlock gun. 4. anything hard and unyielding. Phrases and idioms flint corn a variety of maize having hard translucent grains. flint glass a pure lustrous kind of glass orig. made with flint. Derivatives flinty adj. (flintier, flintiest). flintily adv. flintiness n. Etymology: OE |
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