| 单词 | incendiary |
|---|---|
| 音标 | [in'sendjəri] |
| 解释 | a.放火的，纵火的 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 adj. 放火的，纵火的( pertaining to the criminal setting on fire of property) 【记】 in(进入)+cend(=cand 发白光)+iary→燃烧 发光→放火的 【同】 同根词：incentive( 可燃的) |
| 字源 | incendiary c.1400 as a noun, "person who sets malicious fires;" mid-15c. as an adjective, "capable of being used to set fires," from Latin incendiarius "causing a fire," from incendium "conflagration," from incendere "set on fire," figuratively, "incite, rouse, enrage," from in- "into, in, on, upon" (see in- (2)) + *candere "to set alight, cause to glow," related to candere "to shine" (see candle). Figurative sense of "enflaming passions" (adj.) is from 1610s. Military use, of bombs, shells, etc., attested from 1871. The obsolete verb incend is attested from c.1500. |
| 不择手段背单词 | adj. 放火的; 纵火的; 导致着火的; 煽动的 【记】in进入, cend = cand白热, iary－燃烧发光－放火的; 煽动的 【类】insurgent: rebel = incendiary: agitate叛乱的 = 叛乱 = 煽动的 = 煽动 |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】in + cend(cens) 烧；与cinder(煤渣)同源，与燃烧有关；童话故事中Cinderella就是因为满身煤灰所以叫灰姑娘 【相关】incense 香，薰香，激怒，cinder 煤渣, 灰烬，Cinderella 灰姑娘 |
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