Old English flint "flint; a type of rock noted for hardness and for giving off sparks when struck," common Germanic (cognates Middle Dutch vlint, Old High German flins, Danish flint), from PIE *splind- "to split, cleave," from root *(s)plei- "to splice, split" (cognates: Greek plinthos "brick, tile," Old Irish slind "brick"), perhaps a variant of *spel- (1) "to split, break off." Transferred senses (hardness, etc.) were in Old English.
例文
1. Under the pressure,the flint crumbled into fragments.
フリントは圧力によって小さな塊に砕かれた。
2.His eyes were as hard as flint .
彼の目つきは冷酷で冷酷だった。
3.Houses in this part of the country are built of flint .