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kindling 音标拼音: [k'ɪndlɪŋ] n. 点火,发火,兴奋 点火,发火,兴奋 kindling n 1: material for starting a fire [ synonym: { kindling}, { tinder}, { touchwood}, { spunk}, { punk}] 2: the act of setting something on fire [ synonym: { ignition}, { firing}, { lighting}, { kindling}, { inflammation}] Kindle \ Kin` dle\, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Kindled}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Kindling}.] [ Icel. kyndill candle, torch; prob. fr. L. candela; cf. also Icel. kynda to kindle. Cf. { Candle}.] 1. To set on fire; to cause to burn with flame; to ignite; to cause to begin burning; to start; to light; as, to kindle a match, or shavings. [ 1913 Webster] His breath kindleth coals. -- Job xii. 21. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Fig.: To inflame, as the passions; to rouse; to provoke; to excite to action; to heat; to fire; to animate; to incite; as, to kindle anger or wrath; to kindle the flame of love, or love into a flame. [ 1913 Webster] So is a contentious man to kindle strife. -- Prov. xxvi. 21. [ 1913 Webster] Nothing remains but that I kindle the boy thither. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] Kindling her undazzled eyes at the full midday beam. -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster] Could swell the soul to rage, or kindle soft desire. -- Dryden. Syn: Enkindle; light; ignite; inflame; provoke; excite; arouse; stir up. [ 1913 Webster]
Kindling \ Kin" dling\ ( k[ i^] n" dl[ i^] ng), n. 1. The act of causing to burn, or of exciting or inflaming the passions. 2. Materials, easily lighted, for starting a fire, such as small twigs or paper; -- also used in the pl.. [ 1913 Webster] 23 Moby Thesaurus words for " kindling": backlog, bavin, brush, brushwood, enkindling, fagot, firewood, firing, flammation, ignition, incendiary, inflaming, inflammation, inflammative, inflammatory, kindlings, lighting, lighting up, log, stovewood, wood, yule clog, yule log
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