ignite

• vt. 点燃；使燃烧；使激动
• vi. 点火；燃烧

来自拉丁语ignis,火，来自PIE*egni,火，词源同Egni，印度火神。

1. cause to start burning; subject to fire or great heat;

"Great heat can ignite almost any dry matter"

"Light a cigarette"

2. start to burn or burst into flames;

"Marsh gases ignited suddenly"

"The oily rags combusted spontaneously"

3. arouse or excite feelings and passions;

"The ostentatious way of living of the rich ignites the hatred of the poor"

"The refugees' fate stirred up compassion around the world"

"Wake old feelings of hatred"

ignite

ignite: [17] The Latin word for ‘fire’ was ignis (it has been traced back to a prehistoric Indo- European *egni- or *ogni-, which also produced Sanskrit agni- and Lithuanian ugnìs ‘fire’). From it were derived the verb ignīre ‘set light to’, source of English ignite, and the adjective igneus, from which English got igneous [17]. Another contribution the Latin noun has made to English is ignis fatuus ‘will-o’-the-wisp’ [16], literally ‘foolish fire’, so called perhaps from its erratic flickering, as if scatter-brained.

ignite (v.)

1660s, from Latin ignitus, past participle of ignire "set on fire," from ignis "fire" (see igneous). Attested earlier as an adjective (1550s). Related: Ignited; igniting.

kindle, fire, ignite, light

这些动词均含"点燃，着火"之意。

kindle： 指艰难或缓慢地把可燃料点燃，可用于比喻。

fire： 普通用词，指将某物点燃使其燃烧起来，火势可大可小。

ignite： 多用于科技文体，指使某物受热直到燃烧或发光，也可指用火花使易燃物迅速燃烧起来。

light： 普通用词，指点燃易燃物，使其能发光，满足各种需要。

Gas ignites very easily.

汽油易燃。

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(figurative)Tempers ignited when the whole family spent Christmas together.

全家凑到一起度圣诞节，大家心里都十分激动。

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Flames melted a lead pipe and ignited leaking gas.

火焰熔化了一段铅管，燃着了漏出来的煤气。

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(figurative)His words ignited their anger.

他的话引发了他们的怒火。

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The bombs ignited a fire which destroyed some 60 houses...

炸弹引发的大火烧毁了大约 60 栋房屋。

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The blasts were caused by pockets of methane gas that ignited.

爆炸是由甲烷气囊被引燃造成的。

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There was one teacher who really ignited my interest in words...

曾经有一位老师真正激起了我对文字的兴趣。

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The recent fighting in the area could ignite regional passions far beyond the borders.

最近该地区的战斗可能激发边境以外整个地区的激动情绪。

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Joseph approached a firework to ignite it.

约瑟夫靠近一个烟花去引燃它.

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But has less energy than does gasoline, and it is more difficult to ignite.

但是甲醇的潜能比汽油少, 而且甲醇更难点燃.

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Requires a continuous flame source to ignite.

持续火源才会引起燃烧.

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Ignite the magnesium ribbon using a micro burner.

用微型灯点着镁带.

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You ignite a match by scratching it.

你划过它就可以点燃了.

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A lighted cigarette can ignite a big forest fire.

一根点燃的香烟就可以引起森林大火.

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Controlled Burn: Ignite 50 enemies capturing one of your control points.

燃烧控制:点 燃50个正在占领己方控制点的敌人.

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A seizure of independence could ignite racial'war in Central Africa.

夺取独立可能激起中非的种族之战.

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Kite him into a Flame Mine set by a Sniper to ignite him.

把他引入阻击兵设置的烈焰矿井中,让他着火.

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In an earlier era , Washington's exertions would have been enough to ignite another long economic expansion.

若放在以往, 华盛顿所采取的这些措施足以引发新一轮的长期经济扩张.

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Fatherly love is to ignite our voyage sails!

父爱就是鼓起我们远航的风帆!

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The harsh statement by the Minister of Internal Security only serves to ignite more anger.

至于内政部长严厉的声明,只会点燃众怒,让更多人生气.

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It might also be possible to transmit high enough energy to ignite combustible materials.

它也可能发射足够高的能量点燃可燃物.

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When the moment is right, we will ignite the Beacon of the Liberty!

一旦成熟我们就点燃这个自由女神的火炬!

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Anytime they can ignite the team thego onrun.

他们仍然能重新让球队燃起斗志.

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Something caused the fuel to ignite with devastating consequences.

有不明的东西点燃了这些石油,最终导致了爆炸的发生.

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But street protests have failed to ignite support outside politicians, lawyers and human rights activists.

然而,抗议活动除了获得政客, 律师和人权激进分子的支持外,没有获得更多的支持.

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Then thereis a question of whether particularly massive planets are really stars thatfailed to ignite.

这样就产生了一个问题:这些特别巨大的行星是不是恒星燃烧失败的产物.

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Great heat can ignite almost any dry matter.

酷暑几乎能点燃任何干物质.

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