ignite

英 [?g'na?t] 美[?ɡ'na?t]

CET6TEM8IELTSGRE考研TOEFL低頻詞常用詞匯

第三人稱單數:?ignites;過去式:?ignited;過去分詞:?ignited;現在分詞:?igniting;

1. ignite---讀音---一個night---一個晚上-晚上必須有光（又沒電）------?v.點火,?點??燃
2. 聯想：ig-音似前綴ex-“出，外”，nite音似單詞night（黑夜，夜晚），“點燃”火把可以“走出黑夜、趕走黑夜，驅散黑夜”。

ignite 點火

來自拉丁語ignis,火，來自PIE*egni,火，詞源同Egni，印度火神。

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.

1. The recent fighting in the area could ignite regional passions far beyond the borders.: 最近該地區的戰斗可能激發邊境以外整個地區的激動情緒。

2. The rocket rises and we can see the second stage ignite.: 火箭升高了,我們可以看到二級點火.

3. Nothing less than a fission bomb can ignite a thermonuclear reaction.: 威力比一個裂變炸彈小的任何東西都不能點燃熱核反應.