单词 | tinder |
释义 | tinder From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Daily lifetindertin‧der /ˈtɪndə $ -ər/ noun [uncountable]DBURNdry material that burns easily and can be used for lighting firesExamples from the Corpustinder• An ancient tallow candle stood fixed in its grease on one of the cross-beams, with a tinder beside it.• Well don't stand like a lump of dozy puddin' - take some sticks and tinder and get started.• But Cincinnati seems to have been unusually dry tinder.• Logs in the grate, tinder box on the hearth.• At a spark from her tinder, a sheet of flame could envelop the Genoese.• They will think of what happened to you and hide tinder their beds.• As news of the shooting spread, Overtown exploded like tinder in a lightning storm.Origin tinder Old English tynder |
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