Flint
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n. 燧石，火石;（打火机等的）打火石;
📝 例句
The Indians chipped flint arrowhead.
印第安人凿制燧石箭头。
Prehistoric man used flint knives.
史前人用打火石刀。
This layer of rock contains a lot of flint.
这一岩层中有大量燧石.
Your cigarette-lighter needs a new flint.
你的打火机需换新电石了。
At that time they had learned to strike fire from flint.
那时他们已学会了用燧石打火。
🌱 联想助记
【记】※ 谐音“涪陵特”:涪陵的特产是火石,嘻嘻
※ flint-打火石,glint-闪烁:打火石闪烁光芒
※ f-拼音“非”,lint-软麻布:极硬的东西非软麻布
✅ 同义词
📖 牛津释义
flint
n
1 [U] very hard grey stone that can produce sparks when struck against steel 燧石; 火石
This layer of rock contains a lot of flint. 这一岩层中有大量燧石.
[attrib 作定语]
flint axes 燧石斧
(fig 比喻) He has a heart like flint, ie He is unfeeling and stubborn. 他铁石心肠.
2 [C] piece of this or of hard alloy used to produce sparks, eg in a cigarette lighter 打火石.
🔁 扩展释义
*[flint]n. 打火石, 燧石, 极硬的东西【化】 燧石【医】 燧石
📖 同为「TOEFL」词汇
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Would you like something to drink?
你们要点什么饮料吗？
He that lives long suffers much.
长寿的人多忧患。
Yet, in real life, circumstances do sometimes conspire to bring about coincidences which anyone but a nineteenth century novelist would find incredible.
不过，在现实生活中，有时确实会出现一些巧合，这些巧合除了19世纪小说家外谁也不会相信。