Kindling is the small dry stuff you put down first when you start a fire: thin sticks, dry leaves, bits of bark or paper. You light the kindling, and the kindling then lights the bigger logs. Without it, a fat log often will not catch.

Kindling kindling is指的是 the small dry stuff you put down first when you start a fire生火時最先放下去的乾燥小東西: thin sticks, dry leaves, bits of bark or paper細樹枝、乾樹葉、樹皮或紙屑。You light the kindling你先點燃kindling, and the kindling then lights the bigger logskindling再去點燃比較大的木頭。Without it沒有它, a fat log often will not catch粗大的木頭常常點不著。

People also use the word for that first small layer in a fireplace or a campfire. Strictly, it can also name the act of getting a fire going, because it is the -ing form of the verb kindle, “to start a fire” — though actually, in ordinary talk it almost always means the little fuel itself.

People also use the word大家也會用這個詞 for that first small layer in a fireplace or a campfire來指壁爐或營火裡最先鋪的那一層小東西。Strictly嚴格來說, it can also name the act of getting a fire going它也可以指「生火這個動作」, because it is the -ing form of the verb kindle因為它是動詞kindle的-ing形式, "to start a fire"（「生火」） — though actually不過, in ordinary talk it almost always means the little fuel itself日常說話裡幾乎都是指那些小燃料本身。

It is a practical home-and-outdoor word, not a fancy one. Specialist science uses the same spelling for other ideas (a brain being set off more and more easily, for example), but that is not this sense.

It is a practical home-and-outdoor word這是個居家和戶外常用的實用詞, not a fancy one不是什麼花俏的字。Specialist science uses the same spelling for other ideas專業科學也用同樣的拼法講別的概念 (a brain being set off more and more easily, for example比如大腦越來越容易被引發，舉個例子), but that is not this sense但那不是這裡講的意思。