powder-keg

英['paʊdərk'eɡ] 美['paʊdərk'eɡ]
  • n.火药桶;形势危急可随时触发暴力的地区
  • powdered adj.弄成粉末状的;研成粉末的动词powder的过去式和过去分词形式.
  • silica n.硅石;矽土
名词 powder keg:
  1. a potentially explosive state

  2. keg (usually made of metal) for gunpowder or blasting powder