flinty是什么意思？

flinty

英[ˈflɪnti] 美[ˈflɪntɪ]

• adj. 燧石的，燧石构成的，燧石似的，坚硬的；

例句

• a flinty manner 坚定的态度
• 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.
• 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.
• EXAMPLE : The flinty old accountant in our company never smiles. 我们公司冷漠的老会计从来不笑.
• Courage and insight, action, motion are flinty , arrogant, sharp, fight. 胆识 、 行动 、 运动、强硬 、 霸气 、 尖锐 、 争斗.
• ...a man of flinty determination. 异常决绝的男人
• ...her flinty stare. 她冷峻的目光

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

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

英汉词典释义

• adj.
  燧石似的；坚硬的
  a flinty manner 坚定的态度

英英词典释义

• Adjective
  1. showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings;
  "the child's misery would move even the most obdurate heart"
  2. having austere inflexibility;
  "a flinty manner""granitic morality""his unyielding mouth and glassy eyes"- Marchette Chute