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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。
燧石
flints — plural of flint
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
燧石
a hard type of stone (a form of silica) that produces sparks when struck against steel
He picked up a piece of flint from the ground.
他从地上捡起一块燧石。
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。
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.
一种坚硬的石头；一种比玉髓更不透明的硅石
a hard kind of stone; a form of silica more opaque than chalcedony
一块燧石(如火石),用于与打火器撞击产生火花。
A piece of flint, such as a gunflint, used to produce a spark by striking it with a firestriker.
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
a river in western Georgia that flows generally south to join the Chattahoochee River at the Florida border where they form the Apalachicola River
He struck the flint against the steel to create a spark.
他用打火石撞击钢片产生火花。
Archaeologists discovered a flint arrowhead buried in the soil.
考古学家在土壤中发现了一个燧石箭头。
She collected several flints of different shapes and sizes.
她收集了几块形状和大小各异的燧石。
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。
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。
固定搭配，表示一套取火工具。
Campers often carry flint and steel for emergency fires.
露营者常携带燧石和打火钢以备生火之急。
Not this
He used flint to start a fire.
Use this
He used a flint to start a fire.
flint 作为可数名词表示一块燧石时，需要不定冠词 'a'。中文常忽略冠词，所以学习者会漏掉 'a'。
Not this
There are many flint on the ground.
Use this
There are many flints on the ground.
flint 的复数形式是 flints，表示多块燧石。学习者可能误认为 flint 是不可数名词而省略 s。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
下定决心；铁了心
She set her face like a flint and refused to apologize.
她铁了心，拒绝道歉。
像燧石一样坚硬；十分坚硬
The ground was as hard as flint after the drought.
干旱之后，地面硬得像燧石。
铁石心肠；冷酷无情
Only a person with a heart of flint could ignore their suffering.
只有铁石心肠的人才会无视他们的苦难。
弗林特斯通一家，来认识弗林特斯通一家，他们是现代的石器时代家庭。
This is the opening line of the theme song 'Meet the Flintstones' from the classic animated TV series The Flintstones; the family name 'Flintstone' is a pun on 'flint' and 'stone', so the word 'flint' appears within it.
这是经典动画剧集《摩登原始人》主题曲《Meet the Flintstones》的开头歌词；家族姓氏'Flintstone'是'flint'（燧石）和'stone'（石头）的双关，因此其中包含了单词'flint'。
Use flints naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
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”。
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。
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.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.