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.
雙語例句
1. The soldiers were trained to deal with incendiary attacks.
士兵們受過對付火攻的訓(xùn)練.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
2. Five incendiary devices were found in her house.
在她家里發(fā)現(xiàn)了5個縱火裝置。
來自辭典例句
3. There can be no reasoning with an incendiary bomb.
對一顆燃燒彈是無法講道理的.
來自演講部分
4. Incendiary ammunition had been developed for use against observation balloons in France.
在法國,已經(jīng)研究出用燃燒彈對付偵察氣球的辦法.
來自辭典例句
5. American Standard seat incendiary tester, test padded seats combustible materials.