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tinderbox [ˈtɪndərbɑ:ks]

n. 火绒箱,易燃物,潜伏着暴乱或战争危险的人;
复数:: tinderboxes

例句:

  • Tinderbox is a rollicking, demanding listen.
    来自BBC
  • 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. ”
  • 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.
  • 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'. ''.
  • Only a fraction have returned, and until Sudan and South Sudan can agree on who this area belongs to, it will remain a tinderbox.
    来自VOA
  • For more than a century, the world has worried that the Balkans were a tinderbox.
    来自CNN