tinder

英 [ˈtɪndə(r)]

美 [ˈtɪndər]

n.  引火物; 火绒; 火种

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BNC.27437 / COCA.26176

牛津词典

noun

• 引火物；火绒；火种
  dry material, especially wood or grass, that burns easily and can be used to light a fire
  1. The fire started late Saturday in tinder-dry grass near the Snake River.
     大火是星期六晚些时候在斯内克河附近干枯的草地上燃起的。

柯林斯词典

• 火绒;引火物;火媒
  Tinderconsists of small pieces of something dry, especially wood or grass, that burns easily and can be used for lighting a fire.

英英释义

noun

• material for starting a fire
  Synonym:kindlingtouchwoodspunkpunk

双语例句

• TINDER is a lost foam ( EPC) high-tech enterprise, mainly design and make production line of different capacity, provide lost foam technology service, make equipment and casting and trade.
  天哲公司是集消失模铸造工程设计、装备制造、技术服务、铸件生产与国际贸易为一体的高新技术企业，是中国最大的消失模铸造技术和装备供应商。
• She is also revealing how in love she is with Phelps, and claims the two clicked after meeting on Tinder.
  她还表示自己与菲尔普斯正在热恋中，声称两人是在陌陌上摇到对方后萌生了爱意。
• The day after the impromptu meeting, Mr. Bhat had dinner with the three founders of Tinder, the popular dating app.
  就在这场临时会面的次日，哈特先生与当红约会应用Tinder的三位创始人共进了晚餐。
• The plant is as dry as tinder after this long drought.
  植物经过长期乾旱之后乾枯得如同火绒一般。
• And many people including Winston Churchill were sure that it would only be a matter of time before some spark lit the unstable tinder.
  许多人，包括丘吉尔在内，都认为某个火化将点燃这个导火索。这是个时间问题。
• Tinder has seen a 400% day-over-day increase of new users in Sochi since the Olympics opened Friday, Sean Rad says, with numbers now in the thousands.
  交友应用Tinder的西恩•拉德（SeanRad）表示，自上周五冬奥会开幕以来，Tinder在索契的新用户数量每日增加400%，现在已达数千人。
• Lacking adequate provision of fresh water, electricity, sanitation or health care, they suffer privations that all too often provide the tinder for the fires of social unrest.
  他们无法获得足够的淡水、电力、卫生和保健，他们所受的困苦常常成为社会动乱的火种。
• Action alone, is the tinder which ignites the map the parchment, my dreams, my plans, my goals, into a living force.
  马上行动，它是点燃蓝图和律法的导火索，我一切的梦想、计划、目标将会重现生机。
• For other developers of dating apps, such as Tinder, making money in China can be more of a challenge than elsewhere.
  对于Tinder等其他约会应用的开发商来说，在中国赚钱比在其他地方挑战更大。
• Be careful what you say to Mr Smith, for he is like tinder.
  你跟史密斯先生说话要小心，因为他好发脾气。