火绒

植物经过长期乾旱之后乾枯得如同火绒一般。

The plant is as dry as tinder after this long drought .

棉布袜还可以提供点火用的火绒。

Cotton socks can also provide you with a source of fire-starting tinder .

于是他拿出火绒箱，并敲击打火石。

Then he took out his tinderbox and struck the flint .

“拿到我的火绒箱了吗？”老巫婆问。

Have you got my tinderbox ? @ asked the old witch .

突然间，他想起火绒箱里有一根蜡烛。

Suddenly he remembered that there was a candle in the tinderbox .

于是他拿出火绒箱和蜡烛。

He took out the tinderbox and the candle .

士兵带着钱以及火绒箱走到一座城镇。

He took the money and the tinderbox and went to a town .

但是老巫婆仍然不肯告诉他该如何使用火绒箱。

But the old witch would not tell him how to use the tinderbox .

“你打算怎么处理这个火绒箱呢？”士兵问。

What do you want to do with this tinderbox ? @ said the soldier .

他拿出火绒箱敲击一次、二次、三次！

He took out his tinderbox and struck the flint once , twice , three times !

他像火绒似的怒火中烧起来。“你说我撒谎？”他问道。

He spunked up like tinder . " do you call me a liar ?" he said .

在欧洲，保持钢、打火石和火绒的化合物作为点火的主要方法一直持续到19世纪中期。

In Europe , the combination of steel , flint and tinder remained the main method of fire-lighting until the mid 19th century .

小男孩听了很高兴，便跑到士兵的屋里找到火绒箱，将它带给士兵。

The little boy was glad to hear that , so he ran to the soldier 's house for the tinderbox and brought it to the soldier .

维京人会从树皮上收集一种叫做火绒的真菌，并在尿液中将火绒沸煮几天，再将其捶打至与原来相似的物质。

They would collect a fungus called touchwood from tree bark and boil it for several days in urine before pounding it into something akin to felt .