tinder

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈtɪn.dəː/|[ˈtʰɪn.dəː]    美 /ˈtɪn.dɚ/|[ˈtʰɪ̟n.dɚ] ~ [ˈtʰɪ̟n.dɹ̩]

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Small dry sticks and finely-divided fibrous matter etc., used to help light a fire. countable,uncountable
    — Strike on the Tinder, hoa: / Giue me a Taper: […]
动词 v.
  1. To set fire to; torch. transitive
    — Is heaven a murderer when its lightning strikes a would-be murderer in his bed, tindering sheets and skin together?

词形变化

tinders plural tinders present,singular,third-person tindering participle,present tindered participle,past tindered past

词源

词源 1
From Middle English tinder, tunder, tender, tonder, from Old English tynder, from Proto-Germanic *tundrą, *tundrǭ (“tinder”). Compare Saterland Frisian Tunder (“tinder”), Dutch tonder (“tinder”), German Zunder (“tinder”), Swedish tända (“to light, to set on fire”). More at tind.
词源 2
From Middle English tinder, tunder, tender, tonder, from Old English tynder, from Proto-Germanic *tundrą, *tundrǭ (“tinder”). Compare Saterland Frisian Tunder (“tinder”), Dutch tonder (“tinder”), German Zunder (“tinder”), Swedish tända (“to light, to set on fire”). More at tind.
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