ignite

vt. 点燃；使燃烧；使激动

vi. 点火；燃烧

中文词源

ignite 点火

来自拉丁语ignis,火，来自PIE*egni,火，词源同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. ignite---读音---一个night---一个晚上-晚上必须有光（又没电）------ v.点火, 点燃2. 联想：ig-音似前缀ex-“出，外”，nite音似单词night（黑夜，夜晚），“点燃”火把可以“走出黑夜、赶走黑夜，驱散黑夜”。

1. The recent fighting in the area could ignite regional passions far beyond the borders.: 最近该地区的战斗可能激发边境以外整个地区的激动情绪。

2. The rocket rises and we can see the second stage ignite.: 火箭升高了,我们可以看到二级点火.

3. Nothing less than a fission bomb can ignite a thermonuclear reaction.: 威力比一个裂变炸弹小的任何东西都不能点燃热核反应.