tinder

英 [ˈtɪndə(r)]

美 [ˈtɪndər]

n.  引火物; 火绒; 火种

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BNC.27437 / COCA.26176

牛津词典

noun

• 引火物；火绒；火种
  dry material, especially wood or grass, that burns easily and can be used to light a fire
  1. The fire started late Saturday in tinder-dry grass near the Snake River.
     大火是星期六晚些时候在斯内克河附近干枯的草地上燃起的。

柯林斯词典

• 火绒;引火物;火媒
  Tinderconsists of small pieces of something dry, especially wood or grass, that burns easily and can be used for lighting a fire.

英英释义

noun

• material for starting a fire
  Synonym:kindlingtouchwoodspunkpunk

双语例句

• The study on "image times" in China has developed flaring like fire set to dry tinder since the nineties of last century.
  自上个世纪90年代，中国对图像时代的相关研究也如火如荼地展开了。
• The plant is as dry as tinder after this long drought.
  植物经过长期乾旱之后乾枯得如同火绒一般。
• The average user spends 77 minutes a day with Tinder, said Rad.
  拉德说，用户平均每天在Tinder上花费的时间为77分钟。
• Consider whether there is dry tinder in the area, and whether you need to take equipment to get this, such as a knife, or axe.
  考虑一下这个地方有没有干燥的引火物，你是否需要带上工具来采集一些，比如刀子或斧头。
• And many people including Winston Churchill were sure that it would only be a matter of time before some spark lit the unstable tinder.
  许多人，包括丘吉尔在内，都认为某个火化将点燃这个导火索。这是个时间问题。
• "It is conceivable that accomodative monetary policy could provide tinder for a buildup of leverage and excessive risk-taking," Yellen said in remarks to economists meeting in Denver.
  “它是可想到的，维持灵活的货币政策能是一种增强杠杆作用和过度的风险拿的导火线，”耶伦在丹佛经济学家会议中说。
• But she saw problems with Tinder.
  不过，她也看到了Tinder的问题所在。
• Lacking adequate provision of fresh water, electricity, sanitation or health care, they suffer privations that all too often provide the tinder for the fires of social unrest.
  他们无法获得足够的淡水、电力、卫生和保健，他们所受的困苦常常成为社会动乱的火种。
• She told Us Weekly afterward that Tinder was such a distraction that she had to delete it from her phone.
  她在夺金后对《美国周刊》（USWeekly）表示，Tinder太让人分心，她不得不从手机上删除了这个应用。
• He spunked up like tinder. "do you call me a liar?" he said.
  他像火绒似的怒火中烧起来。“你说我撒谎？”他问道。