ignite
/ɪgˈnaɪt/verb
1- catch fire or cause to catch fire（使）着火, 燃烧, 点燃：
no obj. furniture can give off lethal fumes when it ignites家具着火后会散发出致命烟雾
with obj. he lit a cigarette which ignited the petrol fumes.他点了一根烟, 这根烟点燃了挥发着的汽油。
1.1
- with obj. figurative arouse (an emotion)〈喻〉激发（感情）：
the words ignited new fury in him.
那些话激起了他更多怒气。
1.2
- with obj. figurative inflame or instigate (a situation)〈喻〉激起（情势）：
they were about to ignite the European socialist revolution.
他们即将点燃欧洲的社会主义革命。
派生词
ignitability
nounignitable
adjective词源
mid 17th cent. （in the sense 'make intensely hot'）： from Latin ignire 'set on fire', from ignis 'fire'.