noun🔗Share燧石，火石 A hard, fine-grained quartz that fractures conchoidally and generates sparks when struck."The boy used a piece of flint to start a fire for his campfire. "男孩用一块燧石/火石点燃了篝火。materialgeologymineralChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share燧石, 打火石。 A piece of flint, such as a gunflint, used to produce a spark by striking it with a firestriker."The hiker carried a flint in his survival kit, hoping to use it with a steel striker to start a fire if he got lost. "那个徒步旅行者在求生工具包里带了一块打火石，希望能用它和钢制打火器摩擦生火，以防迷路。materialgeologyweaponChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share打火石 A small cylinder of some other material of the same function in a cigarette lighter, etc."I need to buy a new flint for my lighter because it won't spark anymore. "我的打火机不打火了，我需要去买一个新的打火石。materialitemdeviceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share玉蜀黍, 硬粒玉米 A type of maize/corn with a hard outer hull."My grandmother prefers to make cornbread with flint corn because it gives it a chewier texture. "我奶奶喜欢用硬粒玉米(flint)做玉米面包，因为这样烤出来的面包更有嚼劲。foodplantagricultureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share坚硬的东西，铁石心肠。 Anything figuratively hard."Even after constant criticism, her determination remained like flint, unbroken and unyielding. "即使在不断的批评之后，她的决心仍然像铁石一般，毫不动摇，坚韧不屈。characterabstractChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share用燧石装饰，饰以燧石 To furnish or decorate an object with flint."The carpenter flinted the wooden bowl with small pieces of flint, giving it a rustic look. "木匠用小块燧石装饰了这个木碗，使其具有一种粗犷的乡村风格。materialartChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
