tinderbox

英[ˈtɪndəbɒks]
美[ˈtɪndərbɑks]

基本释义

n.
火绒箱,易燃物,潜伏着暴乱或战争危险的人

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实用例句

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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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.

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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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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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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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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义的管制方式又点燃了一个火药桶.

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

“你打算怎么处理这个火绒箱 呢 ?”士兵问.

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He took out the tinderbox and the candle.

于是他拿出火绒箱和蜡烛.

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

这个政治性火药桶一度使新共和国遭受分裂的威胁, 但最终冷静的政治家控制了事态.

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英英释义

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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