| 词汇 | tinder |
| 释义 | tinder noun[ U ] uk /ˈtɪn.dər/ us /ˈtɪn.dɚ/ small pieces of something dry that burns easily, used for lighting fires: 火种;引火物 We used some dry grass as tinder to light the campfire.我们用一些干草作为引子来点燃篝火。 The grass is tinder-dry(= so dry that it will burn easily), so there's a risk of fire.草非常干，一点就着，所以有发生火灾的危险。 Synonym kindling Ozii45/iStock/Getty Images Plus/GettyImages Starting fires arsonist combust fire fire starter firelighter ignite ignition incendiary kindle kindling light make make something up put put something out reignition set fire to something/someoneidiom set something/someone on fireidiom strike torch tinder | American Dictionarytinder noun[ U ] us/ˈtɪn·dər/ a substance that burns easily, such as paper or thin sticks of wood, used to light fires Examples of tindertinder You touched the punk to glowing tinder, and it burst into flame. It may be objected that with the whole country like tinder it will be impossible to exclude grass-fires either generally or continuously. One reason why an annex is needed is to house these returnable empties, which are like tinder and are a great fire risk. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 All those factors provided the tinder that ignited the violence. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 But there is too much inflammable tinder around at the moment. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Discharge by purchase for airmen was reintroduced on the same day as for soldiers, and tinder similar conditions. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Trunk road schemes giving access to docklands worth £175 million have been completed or are tinder construction and a further £360 million of expenditure is planned. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Pension sharing is available in relation to a person's shareable rights tinder any arrangement other than an excepted public service scheme. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It has fallen from just over 800,000 to just tinder 400,000—a reduction in youth unemployment of 100,000 every year for four years. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That does not create a conflagration unless, as she put it, the tinder is dry. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Therefore, in that respect the independent minority will be entirely tinder their heel. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We should all like to deal with many of the subjects which have come tinder review. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It cannot be carried out tinder the trade union's own arrangements. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is a great deal of tinder lying about, and inflammatory situations can easily occur or be created. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Section 15 (4) provides for the administration of medical benefit through existing systems and institutions tinder conditions there defined. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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