tinderbox meaning in English
1.火绒箱。
2.易燃的物品(建筑，场所)。
3.脾气暴躁的人。
Examples
- " dublin city is currently like a tinderbox just waiting to explode . " '
"都柏林市现在就像个一触即发的火药箱 - 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 - By the light of the sparks in the tinderbox bolhovitinov had a glimpse of shtcherbinins youthful face , and in a corner another man asleep
借助火星的亮光，博尔霍维季诺夫看到了手持蜡烛的谢尔比宁的年轻的面孔，在前面屋角处睡着一个人。 - Thank you , stephen said , taking a cigarette . haines helped himself and snapped the case to . he put it back in his sidepocket and took from his waistcoatpocket a nickel tinderbox , sprang it open too , and , having lit his cigarette , held the flaming spunk towards stephen in the shell of his hands
海恩斯自己也取了一文，啪的一声又把盒子关上，放回侧兜里，并从背心兜里掏出一只镍制打火匣，也把它按开，自己先点着了烟，随即双手像两扇贝壳似的拢着燃起的火绒，伸向斯蒂芬。