tinder box

同根派生

Tinder Box contains very combustible fibers which will smolder when a steel spark is struck on it by a piece of Flint.
說來就是裝打火石，菸葉，紙片等易燃物的盒子。誰讓那時還沒有火柴呢？
If the Palestinians succeed in igniting the big tinder box, it will not be only they and the Israelis but the entire world who will suffer.
如果巴勒斯坦人在點燃火種盒的大成功，這將不衹是他們和以色列人，而且對整個世界誰就會喫虧。
Dry, decayed wood, used as tinder.
用作引火物的乾朽木
The host then passed around a box of cigars.
主人這時拿了一盒雪茄菸請大家抽。
How could he get his heavy box up all those stairs?
這麽重的箱子他是怎麽擡上樓的？