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单词 tinderbox
释义 tinderbox
 /tin"deuhr boks'/,  n.  
  1. a box for holding tinder, usually fitted with a flint and steel.
  2. a person or thing that is highly excitable, explosive, inflammable, etc.; a potential source of widespread violence: Berlin was the tinderbox of Europe.
 [1520-30; TINDER + BOX1]
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