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

• Action alone, is the tinder which ignites the map the parchment, my dreams, my plans, my goals, into a living force.
  马上行动，它是点燃蓝图和律法的导火索，我一切的梦想、计划、目标将会重现生机。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• But she saw problems with Tinder.
  不过，她也看到了Tinder的问题所在。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• "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。
• 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。