tinderbox

常见例句

This shrub is a typical example of a tinderbox perennially in search of a flint.
寻找打火石时，这种灌木永远都是易燃物的典型。
The mystics said that Lester had started the blaze himself with a bad dream, Lester’s nightmare a spark, the house a tinderbox.
神秘主义者说，是莱斯特自己用恶梦点燃了火，他的恶梦是火星，他家屋子则是燃料箱。
Then he took out his tinderbox and struck the flint.
于是他拿出火绒箱，并敲击打火石。

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