kindle
US: /ˈkɪndəɫ/
UK: /kˈɪndəl/
UK: /kˈɪndəl/
English Vietnamese dictionary
kindle /'kindl/
- ngoại động từ
- đốt, nhen, nhóm (lửa...)
- làm ánh lên, làm rực lên, làm ngời lên
- nhen lên, khơi, gợi, gây
- to kindle somebody's anger: khơi sự tức giận của ai
- to kindle somebody's interest: gợi sự thích thú của ai
- kích thích, khích động, xúi giục
- to kindle someone to do something: khích động ai làm gì
- nội động từ
- bắt lửa, bốc cháy
- ánh lên, rực lên, ngời lên
- eyes kindled with happiness: đôi mắt ngời lên vì sung sướng
- (nghĩa bóng) bị khích động, bừng bừng
Advanced English dictionary
+ verb (written)
1 to start burning; to make a fire start burning: [V] We watched as the fire slowly kindled. + [VN] to kindle a fire / flame
2 to make sth such as an interest, emotion, etc. start to grow in sb; to start to be felt by sb: [VN] It was her teacher who kindled her interest in music. + [V] Suspicion kindled within her.
Thesaurus dictionary
v.
ignite, light, set alight, set fire to, set afire, inflame, fire, foment, incite, instigate, provoke, prompt, prick, goad, spur, whip up, stir (up), work up, excite, agitate, shake up, jolt, arouse, rouse, (a)waken, inspire, inspirit, stimulate, animate, enliven, energize, innervate, galvanize:
Kindling a fire in the rain is not easy. The wholesale pillaging kindled a feeling of deep resentment among the native population.
Concise English dictionary
kindles|kindled|kindling'kɪndl
verb
+catch fire
+cause to start burning
+call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
