tinderbox

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美[?t?nd?rbɑks]

基本釋義

n.
火絨箱,易燃物,潛伏著暴亂或戰(zhàn)爭危險的人

詞性變化

實用例句

You have got your money. Now, give me the tinderbox.

“你已經(jīng)得到你所要的錢了. 現(xiàn)在, 把我的火絨箱給我. ”

期刊摘選

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

但是老巫婆仍然不肯告訴他該如何使用火絨箱.

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

士兵帶著錢以及火絨箱走到一座城鎮(zhèn).

期刊摘選

Referred to the crowded prison as a tinderbox of suppressed violence.

把擁擠的監(jiān)獄稱作一個''.'裝滿'.''了被壓制的暴力的火藥''.'筒'. ''.

期刊摘選

Dublin city is currently like a tinderbox just waiting to explode.

都柏林市現(xiàn)在就像一個馬上要爆炸的火藥桶.

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And its neocolonial methods of governance in the north Caucasus have created a tinderbox.

而在北高加索其新殖民主義的管制方式又點燃了一個火藥桶.

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Then he took out his tinderbox and struck the flint.

于是他拿出火絨箱,并敲擊打火石.

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

“你打算怎么處理這個火絨箱 呢 ?”士兵問.

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He took out the tinderbox and the candle.

于是他拿出火絨箱和蠟燭.

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This political tinderbox threatened to split the New Republic, but cooler heads prevailed.

這個政治性火藥桶一度使新共和國遭受分裂的威脅, 但最終冷靜的政治家控制了事態(tài).

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英英釋義

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

    "the Balkans are the tinderbox of Europe"

  • 2. a box for holding tinder

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