flint

• n. 燧石；打火石；极硬的东西
• n. (Flint)人名；(德、英、俄、法、瑞典)弗林特

来自PIE*splei,撕开，分开，词源同split, splinter. 指古代用来打火用的两块硬石片。类似词义演变比较vagina, vanilla. 拼写演变比较foam, spume.

flint (n.)

Old English flint "flint; a type of rock noted for hardness and for giving off sparks when struck," 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 (hardness, etc.) were in Old English.

1. Under the pressure, the flint crumbled into fragments.

燧石在压力的作用下碎成了小块。

来自柯林斯例句

2. His eyes were as hard as flint.

他的眼神冷酷无情。

来自《权威词典》

3. Houses in this part of the country are built of flint.

这个国家这一区的房子是用燧石建造的.

来自《简明英汉词典》

4. The rock here was as hard as flint.

这里的岩石像燧石一样坚硬.

来自《简明英汉词典》

5. He has a heart as hard as flint.

他有一副铁石心肠.

来自《简明英汉词典》