tinderbox
英['tɪndəbɒks]
美['tɪndərbɑːks]
- n. 火绒箱；易燃物；容易生气的人
详细释义
Noun:
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a dangerous state of affairs; a situation that is a potential source of violence;
"the Balkans are the tinderbox of Europe"
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a box for holding tinder
双语例句
- 1. You have got your money. Now, give me the tinderbox.
- “你已经得到你所要的钱了. 现在, 把我的火绒箱给我. ”
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- 2. He took the money and the tinderbox and went to a town.
- 士兵带着钱以及火绒箱走到一座城镇.
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- 3. Referred to the crowded prison as a tinderbox of suppressed violence.
- 把拥挤的监狱称作一个''.'装满'.''了被压制的暴力的火药''.'筒'. ''.
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- 4. Dublin city is currently like a tinderbox just waiting to explode.
- 都柏林市现在就像一个马上要爆炸的火药桶.
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- 5. Then he took out his tinderbox and struck the flint.
- 于是他拿出火绒箱,并敲击打火石.
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- But the old witch would not tell him how to use the tinderbox.
但是老巫婆仍然不肯告诉他该如何使用火绒箱。 - Suddenly he remembered that there was a candle in the tinderbox.
突然间，他想起火绒箱里有一根蜡烛。 - This shrub is a typical example of a tinderbox perennially in search of a flint.
寻找打火石时，这种灌木永远都是易燃物的典型。
用作名词 (n.)
相关词汇
- flashpoint 燃点
- crucible 柑锅
- volcano 火山
- no-go area 禁区
- time bomb 定时炸弹
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