flinty
英 [ˈflɪn.ti]
美 [ˈflɪn.t̬i]
- adj. 坚硬的；燧石似的；坚定不移的
星级词汇:
记忆方法
将“flinty”与“flint”（燧石）的坚硬特性联系起来，想象燧石一样坚硬的物质或性格的人，这样就形成了“flinty”这个词的坚硬、不易被打动的印象。
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英语词源
- 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.
权威例句
- 1. Courage and insight, action, motion are flinty , arrogant, sharp, fight.
- 胆识 、 行动 、 运动、强硬 、 霸气 、 尖锐 、 争斗.
- 2. EXAMPLE : The flinty old accountant in our company never smiles.
- 我们公司冷漠的老会计从来不笑.
- 3. Flinty Miss Manners does not recognize any holidays from etiquette.
- 严肃的礼仪小姐可是从来不休假的.
- 4. He nourished him with honey from the rock, and with oil from the flinty crag.
- 又使他从磐石中咂蜜,从坚石中吸油.
- 5. He looks like he could piss ice water . He appraises the newcomers with flinty eyes.
- 他看起来冷若冰霜,用冷酷的眼神打量着新犯.