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

• The day after the impromptu meeting, Mr. Bhat had dinner with the three founders of Tinder, the popular dating app.
  就在这场临时会面的次日，哈特先生与当红约会应用Tinder的三位创始人共进了晚餐。
• "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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• But she saw problems with Tinder.
  不过，她也看到了Tinder的问题所在。
• 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。
• 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。
• The study on "image times" in China has developed flaring like fire set to dry tinder since the nineties of last century.
  自上个世纪90年代，中国对图像时代的相关研究也如火如荼地展开了。