tinder
tinder 英 [ˈtɪndə(r)] 美 [ˈtɪndɚ]
n. 火绒;易燃物
名词复数:tinders
- Tinder is one of the things you need to start a fire — it's the extremely dry stuff, like wood or paper, that catches easily and helps get your fire going. To build a campfire, you need both logs and tinder.
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- n. 火绒;易燃物
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1. 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。
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2. Some officials worry money the central bank has pumped into financial markets to counter a paralyzing credit freeze could end up as dry tinder for inflation if the Fed waits too long.
部分官员担心,如果美联储行动过于迟缓,那麽央行为抗击严重信用冻结而注入到金融市场的资金将成为引发通胀的导火线.
- tinder (n.) "dry, inflammable substance," Old English tynder, from or related to tendan "to kindle," from Proto-Germanic *tund- "ignite, kindle" (source also of Gothic tandjan, Swedish tända, German zünden "to kindle").
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