Tinder



GRE

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n.火绒, 火种
• ［英］ n.火绒, 火种 ( something that serves to incite or inflame)
• ［记］ 可能和kindle ( 点燃) 有关
• ［例］ The plants are as dry as tinder after this long hot summer.

Webster Collegiate

noun

• Etymology: Middle English, from Old English tynder; akin to Old High German zuntra tinder, Old English tendan to kindle
• Date: before 12th century
• 1. a very flammable substance adaptable for use as kindling
• 2. something that serves to incite or inflame <that rhetoric was ready tinder for revolution — Margaret Peters>

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