Word · Frequency #12479
flint
燧石
a hard type of stone (a form of silica) that produces sparks when struck against steel
- 1.
A hard, fine-grained quartz that fractures conchoidally and generates sparks when struck against a material such as steel, because tiny chips of the steel are heated to incandescence and burn in air.
坚硬细粒石英,具贝壳状断口,与钢等相击可产生火花,因钢屑被加热至白炽而燃烧于空气中。
- 2.
a hard kind of stone; a form of silica more opaque than chalcedony
一种坚硬的石头；一种比玉髓更不透明的硅石
- 3.
A piece of flint, such as a gunflint, used to produce a spark by striking it with a firestriker.
一块燧石(如火石),用于与打火器撞击产生火花。
- 4.
a river in western Georgia that flows generally south to join the Chattahoochee River at the Florida border where they form the Apalachicola River
美国乔治亚州西部的一条河流,通常向南流,与查塔胡奇河在佛罗里达边界汇合,形成阿巴拉契科拉河
- 5.
A small cylinder of some other material of the same function in a cigarette lighter, etc.
打火机等中起相同作用的其它材料制成的小圆柱体。
- 6.
a city in southeast central Michigan near Detroit; automobile manufacturing
密歇根州东南部靠近底特律的城市；汽车制造业中心
- 7.
A variety of maize/corn with a hard outer hull.
一种外皮坚硬的玉米品种。
- 8.
Anything figuratively hard.
比喻坚硬之物。
打火石；火石；燧石片；坚硬的东西；硬物；硬粒玉米；燧石玉米；弗林特河（美国佐治亚州）
In use
He struck the flint against the steel to create a spark.
Archaeologists discovered a flint arrowhead buried in the soil.
She collected several flints of different shapes and sizes.
a piece of flint
表示单个燧石时常用此结构。
He picked up a piece of flint from the ground.
他从地上捡起一块燧石。
strike flint against [sth]
动词strike后接flint，再跟against表示敲击对象。
She struck the flint against the steel to create sparks.
她用燧石敲击打火钢以产生火花。
flint and steel
固定搭配，表示一套取火工具。
Connections
Collocations
- flint and steel
- 燧石与打火钢（传统取火工具）
- He used flint and steel to start the campfire.他用燧石和打火钢生起了篝火。
- strike a flint
- 敲打燧石（以取火）
- She struck a flint against the metal until sparks appeared.她用燧石敲击金属，直到迸出火花。
- flint arrowhead
- 燧石箭头
- The museum displays a flint arrowhead from the Bronze Age.博物馆展出了一枚青铜时代的燧石箭头。
- flint knife
- 燧石刀
- Early humans used flint knives to cut meat and hides.早期人类用燧石刀切割肉类和兽皮。
- flint tool
- 燧石工具
- Flint tools are common finds at ancient campsites.燧石工具是古代营地遗址中的常见发现。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
把 flint 想成动画 Flintstones 里的火石，敲钢铁就能打出火星；记作“燧石/打火石”。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：geology、archaeology、historical fire-making flint 为中性词，通常用于地质、考古或历史语境，指一种坚硬的石英石；日常口语中较少出现，多用于书面描述。
Pronunciation & Spelling
All six words rhyme with flint: they share the final stressed /ɪnt/ sound. Be careful with lookalikes that start with fl-, such as flight (/flaɪt/) and flute (/fluːt/), which look similar but do not rhyme.
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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