also tinder-box, "box in which tinder and flint are kept," 1520s, from tinder + box (n.); figurative sense of " 'inflammable' person or thing" is attested from 1590s.
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.
