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
- 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - She is also revealing how in love she is with Phelps, and claims the two clicked after meeting on Tinder.
她还表示自己与菲尔普斯正在热恋中，声称两人是在陌陌上摇到对方后萌生了爱意。 - The plants are as dry as tinder.
草木十分干燥，极易着火。 - 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。 - 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。 - As in the run-up to other wars, there is today more than enough tinder lying around to spark a great power conflict.
象其它战争的酝酿阶段一样，如今到处都是足以引起强权冲突的导火索。