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

• 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。
• The plants are as dry as tinder.
  草木十分干燥，极易着火。
• This is a key fire prevention area, no smoking and tinder.
  本公司是重点防火单位，厂内严禁吸烟、严禁携带火种。
• In Europe, the combination of steel, flint and tinder remained the main method of fire-lighting until the mid 19th century.
  在欧洲，保持钢、打火石和火绒的化合物作为点火的主要方法一直持续到19世纪中期。
• But she saw problems with Tinder.
  不过，她也看到了Tinder的问题所在。
• TINDER can provide alloy casting, gray iron casting, ductile iron casting, and, steel casting etc.
  天哲公司提供各种牌号灰铁、球铁、合金铸铁、铸钢和合金钢等铸件。
• In sunbaked southern Italy, fires raged as parched forests and fields turned to tinder.
  太阳炙烤下的意大利南部，大火蔓延，被晒干了的树林和田地都成了天然的燃料。
• Today's art directors delve into this tinder, igniting hidden worlds through the subtle use of styling and photographic imagery.
  今天的艺术从业者试图发现这个隐藏的通过巧妙运用造型和摄影图像点燃世界的导火索。
• 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。
• Cotton socks can also provide you with a source of fire-starting tinder.
  棉布袜还可以提供点火用的火绒。