• vt. 点燃；激起；照亮
• vi. 发亮；着火；激动起来

来自中古英语cundel,来自古诺斯语kynda,来自Proto-Germanic*kundijana,点燃，可能来自PIE*kand,燃烧，照耀，词源同candle,candid.-le,表反复。

kindle (v.)

c. 1200, cundel, "to set fire to, to start on fire," probably from a Scandinavian source akin to Old Norse kynda "to kindle, to light a fire," Swedish quindla "kindle," of uncertain origin, + frequentative suffix -le. Figurative use from c. 1300. Intransitive sense "to begin to burn, to catch fire" is from c. 1400. Related: Kindled; kindling.

Influenced in form, and sometimes in Middle English in sense, with kindel "to give birth" (of animals), "bring forth, produce" (c. 1200), from kindel (n.) "offspring of an animal, young one," from Old English gecynd (see kind (n.)) + -el.

1. 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。

来自柯林斯例句

2. This wood is too wet to kindle.

这木柴太湿点不着.

来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

3. On the Kindle, by contrast, the news has no ads.

与之相反, Kindle上的新闻没有广告.

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4. Indeed , the Kindle and other e - readers could be a boon to newspapers.

Kindle和其它的 电子阅读器 对报纸来说确实是有益处的.

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5. Many Kindle buyers appear to be outside the usual gadget - hound demographic.

许多Kindle的买家,看上去不属于传统的电子产品爱好者.

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