tinder-box

n box containing tinder with a flint and steel, formerly used for lighting a fire 火绒盒: (fig 比喻)There is much racial unrest in the community and the wholeplace is a tinder-box, ie violence could easily break out. 该社区存在种族骚乱, 整个地区随时都能酿出大祸.

timeworn, timid, timidity, timidly, timing, timorous, timorously, timorousness, timpani, timpanist, tin, tin foil, tin hat, tin plate, tin whistle, tin-opener, tin-pan alley, tin-tack, tincture, tinder, tine, ting, ting-a-ling, tinge, tingle, tinker, tinkle, tinny, tinpot, tinsel, tinselled, tinsmith, tint, tiny, tip, tip-off, tip-up, tipper lorry (also `tipper truck), tippet, tipple,