They would collect a fungus called touchwood from tree bark and boil it for several days in urine before pounding it into something akin to felt.

He took out his tinderbox and struck the flint once, twice, three times!

他拿出火绒箱敲击一次、二次、三次！

In Europe, the combination of steel, flint and tinder remained the main method of fire-lighting until the mid 19th century.

在欧洲，保持钢、打火石和火绒的化合物作为点火的主要方法一直持续到19世纪中期。

He spunked up like tinder." do you call me a liar?" he said.

他像火绒似的怒火中烧起来。“你说我撒谎？”他问道。

The little boy was glad to hear that, so he ran to the soldier's house for the tinderbox and brought it to the soldier.

小男孩听了很高兴，便跑到士兵的屋里找到火绒箱，将它带给士兵。

Have you got my tinderbox?@ asked the old witch.

“拿到我的火绒箱了吗？”老巫婆问。

Suddenly he remembered that there was a candle in the tinderbox.

突然间，他想起火绒箱里有一根蜡烛。

They are comfortable with and proud to show their geeky side.

他们不仅乐于接受自己极客的一面，而且以此为傲。

We have always enjoyed sharing our geeky loves together, whether it be television or movies, Meredith said.

我们总是喜欢一起分享我们的荧屏爱好，从电视剧到电影。

This Lego Pouch really fits well within the realm of acceptable geeky accessories.

这个乐高积木的手袋真的很适合做潮流配饰。

With early superheroes, the dual identity gave rise to a common feature the awkward, frequently geeky character who never gets the girl.

在早期的超级英雄中，他们的双重身份常会导致一个普遍的特点一种尴尬，时常有些讨人厌，不受女孩子欢迎的性格。

So much so that it can't all be blamed on geeky genes.

近视眼的增长如此多以致于都不用怪罪于基因遗传。

For most people who aren't geeky power users, it does make sense to have a good virus scanner on their computer.

对于大多数人谁不令人讨厌电力用户，应当把它有一个好他们的计算机上的病毒扫描器。

Justin Bieber arrived at the airport in Hawaii yesterday wearing a pair of very geeky thick black-rimmed glasses.

贾斯汀-比伯想改变一下自己的形象啦！昨天在夏威夷机场，比伯被拍到戴着一副硕大且厚厚的黑框眼镜，一脸书呆子气。

After taking over the world, or at least the geeky side of it, it now finds itself having to actually make enough money to cover its bandwidth bills.

在横扫全世界、至少是世界上的前卫群体后，现在公司发现自己的收入不足以支付宽频使用费。

Ice Cream Sandwich is designed to be a blend of the Android phone and tablet operating systems that irons out many geeky wrinkles.

安卓系统一直都以各种甜点来命名，“冰激淋三明治”是一款专用于安卓手机和平板电脑的操作系统，改进了以往的许多缺陷。

When I first started writing about high finance five years ago, the topic seemed so utterly dull and geeky that it was ignored by the mainstream world.

我五年前刚开始写金融文章的时候，这个话题显得十分枯燥，专业范儿十足，因此社会主流对此视而不见。

Show your geeky side with these hand-written scientific equations on blue and white graph paper.

在蓝白底的包装纸上用这些手写的科学登时来表明你是个计算机专家。

The program was one of last fall's refreshing debuts, bringing a unique formula to Monday nights that mixed impressive action with geeky comedy.

这部剧集是去年秋季振奋人心的新剧之一，极客喜剧加上令人印象深刻的动作为周一晚间档开创了一种独特的模式。

He is too geeky to be a good analyst unless you're talking computer stuff.

他长得太令人讨厌了，以至于不像是一位好的分析师，除非你在讨论有关电脑的事情。

It sounds geeky, but it's kind of fun. Yeah.

听起来挺讨人厌的，不过也挺有趣的。