tinder: [OE] Tinder, and its relatives German zunder, Dutch tonder, and Swedish tunder, go back to a prehistoric Germanic base *tund- ‘ignite, kindle’, which also produced German anzünden, Swedish upptända, and Danish antænde ‘kindle’. Its ultimate origins are not known. The now clichéd tinder-dry is first recorded in Rudyard Kipling’s Light That Failed 1891: ‘the tinder-dry clumps of scrub’.
tinder (n.)
"dry, inflammable substance," Old English tynder, from or related to tendan "to kindle," from Proto-Germanic *tund- "ignite, kindle" (cognates: Gothic tandjan, Swedish tända, German zünden "to kindle").
tinder 英文释义
1. material for starting a fire
tinder 双语例句
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。
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2. 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.
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3. The plants are as dry as tinder after this long drought.
植物经过长期干旱之后干枯得如同火绒一般.
来自辞典例句
4. The plants as dry as tinder after this long drought.
植物经过长期干旱之后干枯得如同火“绒”一般.
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5. The plant is as dry as tinder after this long drought.
植物经过长期乾旱之后干枯得如同火绒一般.
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tinder 实用场景例句
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。
《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》
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.
《简明英汉词典》
The plants are as dry as tinder after this long drought.
植物经过长期干旱之后干枯得如同火绒一般.
辞典例句
The plants as dry as tinder after this long drought.
植物经过长期干旱之后干枯得如同火“绒”一般.
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The plant is as dry as tinder after this long drought.
植物经过长期乾旱之后干枯得如同火绒一般.
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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.
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The plants are as dry as tinder.
草木十分干燥,极易着火.
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It has been implemented tinder MS - DOS, and used in a boiler - parts parameter CAD system.
它已在微机上用TURBOC语言实现, 并在锅炉部件参数化设计CAD系统中取得了实际应用.
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Sulphur matches were used to transfer the fire from the tinder to light a spill.
火柴与可燃物摩擦起火,点燃纸捻.
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In both instances, a heatwave following years of drought provided tinder for an arsonist's match.
在这两个例子中, 与经年的干旱结伴而来的热浪为纵火犯间的竞赛提供了火种.
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Note: tinder can be repeated the use of wood can only be used once.
