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单词 tinderbox
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tinderbox

Word family adjectivetinderynountindertinderbox
Related topics: Daily life
tin·der·box /ˈtɪndəbɒks $ -dərbɑːks/ noun  
1 [countableC usually singular]PROBLEM a place or situation that is dangerous and where there could suddenly be a lot of fighting or problems 危机四伏的地区[形势]
 The area is a tinderbox that could again plunge the country into civil war.
这地区是个火药桶,很可能再次使国家陷入内战。
2. [countableC]DBURN a box containing things needed to make a flame, used in the past 〔旧时取火用的〕火绒盒
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