kindling是什么意思？

kindling

英[ˈkɪndlɪŋ] 美[ˈkɪndlɪŋ]

• n. 引火柴；
• v. （使某物）燃烧，着火( kindle的现在分词 )，激起（感情等），发亮，放光；

例句

• " You'll need kindling and medium wood and logs and backlogs. “ 点火柴、引火柴、原木、垫底的,你都用得着. ”
• " I'll split kindling tomorrow, " he said over his thin ragged shoulder. “ 明天我劈引火柴, ” 他回过头来又说,衬衣的肩部都磨薄磨破了.
• There were neat piles of kindling wood against the wall. 墙边整齐地放着几堆引火柴.

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-UNCOUNT
  引火柴；引火物
  Kindling is small pieces of dry wood and other materials that you use to start a fire.

英汉词典释义

• n.
  引火柴
  There were neat piles of kindling wood against the wall. 墙边整齐地放着几堆引火柴。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. material for starting a fire
  2. the act of setting on fire or catching fire