kindling
kindling 英 [ˈkɪndlɪŋ] 美 [ˈkɪndlɪŋ]
n. 点火；引火物；兴奋
名词复数:kindlings
- The small pieces of wood you use to start a fire are called kindling. When you go camping, you can gather kindling, little twigs and branches, to use in a campfire.
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- n. 点火；引火物；兴奋
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1. The girl touched a lighted match to the kindling.
小女孩用擦着的火柴点引火物。
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2. This combination is so terrible because the earthquake augments the destructive power of the fire by creating kindling, slowing firefighters, and trapping people in debris.
两者组合之所以产生如此可怕的效果，在于地震通过制造引火物、减慢消防员速度以及困人于残骸之中扩大了火灾的破坏力。
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3. With him: and I won't be always sent off!' she continued, kindling up.
“跟他在一起，我不要总是给人打发走！” 她接着说，激动起来。
- kindling (n.) "material for lighting fire," usually dry wood in small pieces, 1510s, verbal noun from kindle (v.). Earlier "a setting alight" (c. 1300).
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