单词 | white flint |
释义 | white flint in British Englishnoun another name for flint (sense 4) flint in British English (flɪnt) noun 1. an impure opaque microcrystalline greyish-black form of quartz that occurs in chalk. It produces sparks when struck with steel and is used in the manufacture of pottery, flint glass, and road-construction materials. Formula: SiO2 2. any piece of flint, esp one used as a primitive tool or for striking fire 3. a small cylindrical piece of an iron alloy, used in cigarette lighters 4. Also called: flint glass, white flint colourless glass other than plate glass 5. optical flint verb 6. (transitive) to fit or provide with a flint Word origin Old English; related to Old High German flins, Old Swedish flinta splinter of stone, Latin splendēre to shineExamples of 'white flint' in a sentence |
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