flinty 英 [ˈflɪnti]   美 [ˈflɪntɪ]

flinty

flinty  英 [ˈflɪnti] 美 [ˈflɪntɪ]

adj. 坚硬的;燧石似的;坚定不移的 

名词复数:flinties 

Hard flinty hands searched a suit coat pocket and Thorvaldsen laid a business card on the sofa. 牢固而又坚硬的手从套装上衣口袋内摸索着,桑弗森拿出一张名片放沙发上。
He looked into her flinty eyes and when she said nothing more he asked her, "You're sure you want to handle it this way?" 他望着她燧石似的眼睛,她不再说话时,他问:“你确定想这么处理这事儿吗?”

  • Something that's made of or contains flint, or hard silica rock, is flinty. Flinty soil is rough and rocky, and not the best for planting a garden.
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  • adj. 坚硬的;燧石似的;坚定不移的
  • 1. Hard flinty hands searched a suit coat pocket and Thorvaldsen laid a business card on the sofa.

    牢固而又坚硬的手从套装上衣口袋内摸索着,桑弗森拿出一张名片放沙发上。

  • 2. He looked into her flinty eyes and when she said nothing more he asked her, "You're sure you want to handle it this way?"

    他望着她燧石似的眼睛,她不再说话时,他问:“你确定想这么处理这事儿吗?”

  • 3. Sometimes a wheel was off the ground, it seemed, for many yards; sometimes a stone was sent spinning over the hedge, and flinty sparks from the horse's hoofs outshone the daylight.

    有时候,马车有一个轮子离开了地面,好像跑出去好几码远;有时候,马车又带起一块石子,旋转着飞过树篱;马蹄踏在燧石上,火花飞溅出来,比日光还亮。

  • flinty (adj.) 1530s, "hard-hearted;" 1540s, "hard, impenetrable as flint," from flint + -y (2). Literal sense of "resembling flint" is from 1640s. Related: Flintily; flintiness.
flinty / ˈflɪnti ; NAmE ˈflɪnti / adjective 1 showing no emotion 冷冷的 a flinty look/gaze/stare 冷冷的目光╱凝视╱盯视 2 containing flint 含燧石的 flinty pebbles/soils 含燧石的卵石╱土壤 flinty flintier flintiest flinty / ˈflɪnti ; NAmE ˈflɪnti /
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