英语词汇“kindle”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

kindlekindle /ˈkɪndl/ verb

ETYMOLOGYkindle

Origin: 1100-1200 Old Norse kynda

VERB TABLE

kindle

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	kindle
	he, she, it	kindles
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	kindled
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have kindled
	he, she, it	has kindled
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had kindled
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will kindle
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have kindled

Continuous Form
Present	I	am kindling
	he, she, it	is kindling
	you, we, they	are kindling
Past	I, he, she, it	was kindling
	you, we, they	were kindling
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been kindling
	he, she, it	has been kindling
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been kindling
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be kindling
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been kindling

1[transitive] to make something start burning2kindle interest/excitement etc. to make someone interested, excited, etc.: Recent events have kindled hope for an end to the violence. → see also rekindle