tinderbox
n.
also tinder-box, "box in which tinder and flint are kept," 1520s, from tinder + box, n.; figurative sense of " 'inflammable' person or thing" is attested from 1590s.
| 词汇 | tinderbox |
| 词根词缀 | Online Etymology Dictionary tinderbox n. also tinder-box, "box in which tinder and flint are kept," 1520s, from tinder + box, n.; figurative sense of " 'inflammable' person or thing" is attested from 1590s. |
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