kindle

英 [ˈkɪndl]

美 [ˈkɪndl]

v.  开始燃烧; 点燃; 激起(兴趣、感情等); 发展起来; 被感受到

过去分词：kindled　现在分词：kindling　过去式：kindled　第三人称单数：kindles　

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BNC.19245 / COCA.16468

牛津词典

verb

• 开始燃烧；点燃
  to start burning; to make a fire start burning
  1. We watched as the fire slowly kindled.
     我们看着火慢慢地燃烧起来。
  2. to kindle a fire/flame
     点火；点燃火焰
• 激起（兴趣、感情等）；发展起来；被感受到
  to make sth such as an interest, emotion, etc. start to grow in sb; to start to be felt by sb
  1. It was her teacher who kindled her interest in music.
     是她的老师激发了她对音乐的兴趣。
  2. Suspicion kindled within her.
     她渐渐产生了怀疑。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 激起（感情）；使感受到
  If somethingkindlesa particular emotion in someone, it makes them start to feel it.
  1. The second world war kindled his enthusiasm for politics...
     第二次世界大战激起了他的政治热情。
  2. These poems have helped kindle the imagination of generations of children.
     这些诗激发了一代又一代孩子的想象力。
• VERB 点燃
  If youkindlea fire, you light paper or wood in order to start it.
  1. I came in and kindled a fire in the stove.
     我进来把炉子点着了。

英英释义

verb

• call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
  1. arouse pity
  2. raise a smile
  3. evoke sympathy
  Synonym:arouseelicitenkindleevokefireraiseprovoke
• cause to start burning
  1. The setting sun kindled the sky with oranges and reds
  Synonym:enkindleconflagrateinflame
• catch fire
  1. The dried grass of the prairie kindled, spreading the flames for miles
  Synonym:inflame

双语例句

• Below: comparing pent-up demand for the fire and the iPad.
  以下是对KindleFire和对iPad压抑已久的需求之比。
• Amazon released its9.7-inch Kindle DX e-book reader in2009, which was aimed squarely at students and the textbook market.
  亚马逊在2009年就发布了直接面向学生和教科书市场的9.7英寸KindleDX电子阅读器。
• The Kindle also can download newspapers, magazines and blogs directly, and update them automatically.
  Kindle还可以直接下载电子报纸、杂志和博客，并进行自动更新。
• These poems have helped kindle the imagination of generations of children.
  这些诗激发了一代又一代孩子的想象力。
• I'm careless to kindle the firecracker, so I'm very unlucky.
  我不小心点燃了鞭炮，所以我非常不走运。
• Now, with its newest Kindle, the Voyage, Amazon is refining its e-reader once more.
  现在亚马逊推出了Kindle的最新款Voyage，再一次对它的电子阅读器进行了改良。
• The firewood is too wet to kindle.
  劈柴太湿，火引不着。
• He also cut through the fumblings of rivals such as Sony in creating the Kindle.
  贝索斯还打造了Kindle，从索尼（Sony）等竞争对手的笨拙产品中脱颖而出。
• But I was quickly won over by the convenience of doing all of my reading on the Kindle.
  但是在kindle上阅读实在是太方便了，它很快就把我征服了。
• So if reading a printed book in dim light is fine, so is reading a Kindle or iPad.
  如果在昏暗的光线下阅读印刷书籍没什么问题的话，在Kindle或iPad上阅读也不会有问题。