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.
实用例句
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.
