flint

• n. 燧石；打火石；極硬的東西
• n. (Flint)人名；(德、英、俄、法、瑞典)弗林特

來自PIE*splei,撕開，分開，詞源同split, splinter. 指古代用來打火用的兩塊硬石片。類似詞義演變比較vagina, vanilla. 拚寫演變比較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.

燧石在壓力的作用下碎成了小塊。

來自柯林斯例句

2. His eyes were as hard as flint.

他的眼神冷酷無情。

來自《權威詞典》

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

這個國家這一區的房子是用燧石建造的.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

4. The rock here was as hard as flint.

這裏的岩石像燧石一樣堅硬.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

5. He has a heart as hard as flint.

他有一副鐵石心腸.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》