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.
例文
1. These poems have helped kindle the imagination of generations of children.
これらの詩は世代の子供たちの想像力をかき立てた。
2.This wood is too wet to kindle .
この薪は湿気が多すぎて火がつかない。
3.On the Kindle ，by contrast，the news has no ads.
これに対して、 Kindle 上のニュースには広告がありません。
4.Indeed，the Kindle and other e-readers could be a boon to newspapers. Kindle およびその他の電子リーダーは新聞にとって確かに有益である。
5.Many Kindle buyers appear to be outside the usual gadget-hound demographic.