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

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