柯林斯詞典tinderbox /?t?nd??b?ks/ (also tinder box) (tinderboxes) 1. N-COUNT If you say that a situation is a tinderbox, you mean that it is very tense and something dangerous or bad is likely to happen very soon. (危機(jī)四伏的)緊張侷勢(shì)[usu sing] 返回 tinderbox劍橋詞典a dangerous and uncontrolled situation in which violence is likely to happen （可能發(fā)生暴亂的）危險(xiǎn)侷勢(shì) The racial tension in the area makes it a tinderbox ready to ignite . 這個(gè)地區(qū)的種族緊張侷勢(shì)一觸即發(fā)。 返回 tinderbox