kindle

pronunciation

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  • vt.& vi.
    点燃，照耀
    煽动，鼓舞
    着火
    发亮
  • n.
    电子书阅读器

Word Origin

kindle 点燃

来自中古英语cundel,来自古诺斯语kynda,来自Proto-Germanic*kundijana,点燃，可能来自PIE*kand,燃烧，照耀，词源同candle,candid.-le,表反复。

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1. These restrictions don 't only apply to the kindle .
当然这些限制不仅仅是kindle上才有。
2. The new kindle reduces the page-turn wait to well under a second .
新款金读减少了翻页等待时间，限制在1秒内。
3. The new kindle will cost $ 489 when it goes on sale in the summer .
这款新型的阅读器将于今年夏天正式上市，销售价为489美元。
4. He named amazon 's e-book reader , launched in 2007 , the kindle to suggest that it would spark a fire ( and not of the book-burning sort ) .
他将07年发布的电子书阅读器命名为kindle（中文：点燃），暗指星火燎原之意（不是焚书）。
5. My own books fall into this category , so even though I 'd like to sell more books , I can 't really recommend that you buy them for kindle .
我自己的书就属于这一类，所以如果我想多卖掉一点书的话，我会强烈建议你不要买kindle版的。

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