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tinderbox
英 [ˈtɪndəbɒks] 美 [ˈtɪndərbɑːks]

  • n. 火绒盒，火绒箱；<喻>火药桶，一触即发的紧张局势或危险地区；<喻>容易生气的人，脾气火爆的人

[ 复数 tinderboxes ]

网络释义英英释义

  打火匣

... 卖火柴的小女孩The Little Match Girl 打火匣Tinder-box 美人鱼The Little Mermaid ...

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短语

The Tinder-Box 打火匣

The Tinder Box 打火匣

tinderbox [ 'tindəbɔks ]

  • n.
    • a dangerous state of affairs; a situation that is a potential source of violence

      "the Balkans are the tinderbox of Europe"

    • a box for holding tinder

以上来源于: WordNet

 柯林斯英汉双解大词典 

tinderbox /ˈtɪndəˌbɒks/ (also tinder box)

  • 1. 

    N-COUNT If you say that a situation is a tinderbox, you mean that it is very tense and something dangerous or bad is likely to happen very soon. (危机四伏的)紧张局势 [usu sing]

双语例句

  • "Have you got the tinder-box?" asked the witch.

    “你取到打火匣没有？”巫婆问。

    youdao

  • Only promise to bring me an old tinder-box, which my grandmother left behind the last time she went down there.

    我只要你替我把那个旧打火匣取出来。那是我祖母上次忘掉在那里面的。

    youdao

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