tinder
英 [ˈtɪndə(r)]
美 [ˈtɪndər]
n. 引火物; 火绒; 火种
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- 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。
- The fire started late Saturday in tinder-dry grass near the Snake River.
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
双语例句
- 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 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。 - 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。 - Be careful what you say to Mr Smith, for he is like tinder.
你跟史密斯先生说话要小心，因为他好发脾气。 - Tinder has seen a 400% day-over-day increase of new users in Sochi since the Olympics opened Friday, Sean Rad says, with numbers now in the thousands.
交友应用Tinder的西恩•拉德（SeanRad）表示，自上周五冬奥会开幕以来，Tinder在索契的新用户数量每日增加400%，现在已达数千人。 - For other developers of dating apps, such as Tinder, making money in China can be more of a challenge than elsewhere.
对于Tinder等其他约会应用的开发商来说，在中国赚钱比在其他地方挑战更大。 - With forests dry as tinder, thousands of hectares of trees have fallen prey to fire in Portugal and Spain.
由于森林干燥易燃，葡萄牙和西班牙有数千公顷林木遭受火灾肆虐。 - 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。 - 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 strongman will be as tinder and all his work a spark: both will burn together and no one will quench the fire.
强者将似麻絮，他的工作犹如火花：二者必要同时焚烧，无人予以熄灭。