tinderbox

n. 火绒合, 高度易燃物, 容易发火的人

发音

US

词形变化

tinderboxes 复数 tinderboxes

别名

tinder box tinder-box

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A small container containing flint, steel, and tinder (dry, finely-divided fibrous matter), once used to help kindle a fire.

    打火匣

    火绒盒

    历史
  2. 2.

    A place that is so dry and hot that there is danger of fire.

    引申义
  3. 3.

    A potentially dangerous situation.

    火药桶

    比喻

词汇关系

名词

上位词 2

situation box

相关短语

Pig and Tinderbox

词源

From tinder + box, first use appears c. 1530, in the writings of John Palsgrave.

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