tinder

FREQ #24795

n. 火绒盒

发音

UK /ˈtɪn.də/
其它
US /ˈtɪn.dɚ/

词形变化

tinders 复数 tinders tindered tindering tinders 三单 tindering 现在分词 tindered 过去式 tindered 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Small dry sticks and finely-divided fibrous matter etc., used to help light a fire.

    可数 不可数
v.
  1. 1.

    To set fire to; torch.

    及物

词汇关系

名词

同义词 4

punk spunk kindling touchwood

上位词 3

lighter igniter ignitor

相关短语

tinder box tinder fungus German tinder

词源

From Middle English tinder, tunder, tender, tonder, from Old English tynder, from Proto-Germanic *tundrą, *tundrǭ (“tinder”). Compare Saterland Frisian Tunder (“tinder”), Dutch tonder (“tinder”), German Zunder (“tinder”), Swedish tända (“to light, to set on fire”). More at tind.

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