Word · Frequency #27437
tinder
火绒；引火物
material for starting a fire
- 1.
Small dry sticks and finely-divided fibrous matter etc., used to help light a fire.
用于引火的小干柴和细碎纤维质等
- 2.
material for starting a fire
用来生火的材料
用于引火的小干柴和细碎纤维质等；用来生火的材料；火绒盒
In use
Dry grass makes excellent tinder for a campfire.
He gathered tinder and kindling before lighting the stove.
The cave was so damp that we could not find any dry tinder.
use tinder to start a fire
They used tinder to start a fire in the woods.
他们用火绒盒在树林里生火。
tinder catches fire easily
Tinder catches fire easily, making it ideal for camping.
火绒盒很容易着火，非常适合露营。
Common mistakes
I need a tinder to start the fire.I need some tinder to start the fire.
Connections
Collocations
- dry tinder
- 干燥的引火物
- We gathered dry tinder to start the campfire.我们收集了干燥的引火物来生篝火。
- a piece of tinder
- 一块引火物
- He used a piece of tinder to catch the spark.他用一块引火物接住火花。
- use as tinder
- 用作引火物
- The dry leaves can be used as tinder.干树叶可以用作引火物。
- collect tinder
- 收集引火物
- They collected tinder and kindling before the rain started.他们在下雨前收集了引火物和引火柴。
- tinder box
- 引火盒
- She kept a tinder box by the fireplace.她把引火盒放在壁炉旁。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
把 tinder 想成交友软件 Tinder：它能点燃缘分，本义正是“引火物、火绒”。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：野外生火、生存技能说明、引火材料描述 tinder 是中性偏书面词，多用于说明生火材料或生存场景；日常口语中更常说 kindling 或 fire starter。
Grammar Note
不可数名词，指引火材料
Pronunciation & Spelling
Only cinder rhymes with tinder: both have the stressed vowel /ɪ/ followed by /ndər/. The -inder words binder, finder, grinder, and reminder are all pronounced with /aɪndər/, so they don't rhyme. Tender looks similar but has /ɛndər/, not /ɪndər/.
Learn the forms together
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