ignite

kindle, fire, ignite, light

动词 ignite:

1. cause to start burning; subject to fire or great heat
   同义词：light
2. start to burn or burst into flames
   同义词：erupt, catch fire, take fire, combust, conflagrate
3. arouse or excite feelings and passions
   同义词：inflame, stir up, wake, heat, fire up

1. A small solid cylinder of a spark-producing alloy, used in lighters to ignite the fuel.
   (打火机用的)电石一种由能产生火星的、坚硬的合金小圆柱体，用于点燃打火机燃料
2. In a modern coal burning electric generating plant the steam may be hot enough to ignite wood.
   在一个烧煤的现代化发电厂内，蒸汽允许能热到足以把木头点燃起来。

ig.nite

v.（动词）
ig.nit.ed,ig.nit.ing,ig.nites
v.tr.（及物动词）

To cause to burn.
使燃烧
To set fire to.
使起火
To subject to great heat, especially to make luminous by heat.
置于高温下，主要为了使之发光
To arouse the passions of; excite:
引发感情；激起：
例句：
The insults ignited my anger.
这些侮辱激起了我的愤怒

v.intr.（不及物动词）
To begin to burn.
着火：开始燃烧
To begin to glow.
开始发光

来源：
Late Latin ignore ignot-
后期拉丁语 ignore ignot-
from Latin ignis [fire]
源自 拉丁语 ignis [火]

【引伸】
ignit.able 或
ignit.ible
adj.（形容词）
ignit.er 或
igni.tor
n.（名词）