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
- 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。 - 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 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。 - "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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。