
炸药桶;易爆炸的危险物;金属制小型火药桶
Unless these questions are solved, the region will remain a powder keg.
除非这些问题得以解决,否则该地区会一直是个火药桶。
What was once a forest becomes a virtual powder keg of untapped fuel.
森林就变成了未开启的虚拟引火气罐。
The fact that the two vessels did sink is an unalterable fact of history, and while ship design and safety protocols have changed, the powder-keg nature of human behavior is the same as it ever was.
两艘船确实沉没了的事实是不可改变的历史事实,虽然船的设计和安全条款已经改变,但是,人类行为的火药库本质一如既往,没有改变。
On the night of 7 September 1776, the Turtle tried to attach a keg of powder to the British ship Eagle. The attempt failed and the powder exploded harmlessly.
1776年九月七日晚,海龟号想把一桶炸药附在英国的苍鹰号上,但不成功,炸药空自爆炸。
“Powder keg”是一个英语复合名词,其含义可从字面和比喻两个层面理解:
1. 字面含义
指装火药的容器,通常为金属或木制小桶,用于储存火药(gunpowder)。例如:
The soldiers carried a powder keg for ammunition.
2. 比喻含义
更常见的是用于描述极不稳定、可能引发突发冲突或危机的情势,类似中文的“火药桶”。例如:
The political tensions in the region turned it into a powder keg.
用法特点
例句参考
Without diplomatic intervention, the economic crisis could ignite the powder keg of social unrest.
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该词兼具具体与抽象意义,需结合语境判断具体指向。在学术或新闻文本中,多用于分析国际关系、社会矛盾等高风险场景。
“火药桶”是一个英语短语,也可以独立使用。下面将详细解释这个词汇。
“火药桶”是指一种装有火药的桶,因为一旦火药引爆,整个桶都会爆炸。在英语中,“powder”意为火药,“keg”意为桶,因此“powder keg”就是火药桶的意思。
“火药桶”通常用于形容一种极度危险的局面或情况,尤其是可能引起暴力冲突或爆发战争的局势。
由于“火药桶”通常用于描述危险的局面,因此不存在明确的反义词。
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