• vt. 點燃；激起；照亮
• vi. 發亮；著火；激動起來

來自中古英語cundel,來自古諾斯語kynda,來自Proto-Germanic*kundijana,點燃，可能來自PIE*kand,燃燒，照耀，詞源同candle,candid.-le,表反復。

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.

這些詩激發了一代又一代孩子的想象力。

來自柯林斯例句

2. This wood is too wet to kindle.

這木柴太濕點不著.

來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》

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

與之相反, Kindle上的新聞沒有廣告.

來自互聯網

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

Kindle和其它的 電子閱讀器 對報紙來說確實是有益處的.

來自互聯網

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

許多Kindle的買家,看上去不屬于傳統的電子產品愛好者.

來自互聯網