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.
实用例句
1. The soldiers were trained to deal with incendiary attacks.
士兵们受过对付火攻的训练.来自《简明英汉词典》
2. Five incendiary devices were found in her house.
在她家里发现了5个纵火装置。来自辞典例句
3. There can be no reasoning with an incendiary bomb.
对一颗燃烧弹是无法讲道理的.来自演讲部分
4. Incendiary ammunition had been developed for use against observation balloons in France.
在法国,已经研究出用燃烧弹对付侦察气球的办法.来自辞典例句
5. American Standard seat incendiary tester, test padded seats combustible materials.
