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.
实用例句
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. ”来自互联网
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.来自互联网
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'. ''.来自互联网
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.来自互联网
5. Then he took out his tinderbox and struck the flint.
