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

• But there are a few ways in which in a head-to-head comparison the Kindle wins.
  但是，有几种方法，其中一个头对头部比较点燃胜利。
• But Kindle and Android tablets are grasping a large share on the sizable lower-end market.
  但Kindle和Android平板电脑正在抢夺相当大的低端市场份额。
• Millions of users of the Kindle reader and app can now borrow Kindle books from their local public library.
  数百万Kindle读者和应用的用户可以从当地公共图书馆借阅Kindle电子书。
• I came in and kindled a fire in the stove.
  我进来把炉子点着了。
• 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。
• The Kindle Fire will enter a hugely competitive market, dominated by Apple's iPad.
  kindleFire即将进入利润巨大竞争激烈的平板电脑市场，与占统治地位的苹果iPad展开竞争。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• The Kindle is an e-reader, but it is also a portable bookshop.
  kindle是一个电子阅读器，同时它也是个便携式的书店。