flinty

英 [ˈflɪnti]

美 [ˈflɪnti]

adj.  冷冷的; 含燧石的

BNC.35585 / COCA.27165

牛津词典

adj.

• 冷冷的
  showing no emotion
  1. a flinty look/gaze/stare
     冷冷的目光 / 凝视 / 盯视
• 含燧石的
  containing flint
  1. flinty pebbles/soils
     含燧石的卵石 / 土壤

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 冷酷的;冰冷的;铁石心肠的
  If you describe a person or someone's character or expression asflinty, you mean they are harsh and show no emotion.
  1. ...her flinty stare.
     她冷峻的目光
  2. ...a man of flinty determination.
     异常决绝的男人

英英释义

adj

• showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings
  1. his flinty gaze
  2. the child's misery would move even the most obdurate heart
  Synonym:flintgraniticobduratestony
• containing flint

双语例句

• 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。
• The church is built of a flinty material.
  这座教堂是用类似燧石的材料建造的。
• Meanwhile, anger against the flinty and self-righteous northern Europeans is mounting in austerity-hit nations such as Greece, Portugal, Spain and Italy.
  同时，在饱受紧缩措施之苦的国家（如希腊、葡萄牙、西班牙和意大利），人们对这些强硬而自以为是的北欧人的怒火正愈演愈烈。
• The advent of Knowledge Economy Age and our joining into WTO bring Chinese coastal open regions chance of internationalization and flinty challenge to their basic theory research.
  知识经济时代的到来和我国正式加入WTO，既给我国沿海开放区域带来了国际化发展的机遇，同时也给该区域的基础研究带来了严峻的挑战。
• All of these suggest they are faced flinty competition and hard development dual press, at the background of every country expand their high-tech industry for their integrative national strength.
  所有这些，都标志着我国高新技术企业在世界各国通过大力发展高新技术产业来提升国家综合竞争力的背景下，面临着严峻的市场竞争和企业自身发展过程艰辛的双重压力。
• Flinty characters enhance the taste of seafood, white meats, and creamy pasta sauces.
  强劲的口感可为海鲜，白肉及意面酱料添别样风味。
• Even just a layer of flimsy crust, but the tactility is flinty
  即使只是层脆弱的外壳，但摸上去总是坚硬的
• Especially along with the large-scale entries of foreign capitals, the industries of petroleum and petrifaction of our country will face flinty challenges.
  特别是随着外资的大规模进入，我国石油石化业将面临严峻挑战。
• The speedy development of information and networks bring up flinty challenge and opportunity to the construction of library.
  信息网络的迅速发展，对图书馆提出了严峻挑战的同时也带来机遇。
• Corruption has been regarded as both the grievous pollution and the flinty challenge to our nation.
  腐败是最大的社会污染，也被视为最大的社会挑战。