ash

英 [æʃ] 美 [æʃ]

• n. 灰；灰烬
• n. 白蜡树；白蜡木
• (复)ashes：骨灰；废墟；苍白.

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [U]灰

   the soft grey powder that remains after sth has been burnt

2. [P]灰烬,废墟

   ruins

3. [P]骨灰

   the remains of a dead body after burning

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 灰烬
2. 灰
3. 废墟
4. [用复数]骨灰
5. 白蜡树，白蜡木
6. 遗骸，遗骨
7. 淡灰色，苍白
8. 【植】梣，桉树
9. “灰烬”，俄罗斯研制的一种空对空导弹，代号AA-5

v. 动词

1. 灰化

英英释义

Noun:

1. the residue that remains when something is burned

2. any of various deciduous pinnate-leaved ornamental or timber trees of the genus Fraxinus

3. strong elastic wood of any of various ash trees; used for furniture and tool handles and sporting goods such as baseball bats

Verb:

1. convert into ashes

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. She dusted some ash from her sleeve.
   她撢去袖子上的灰末。
2. Wood ash should be forked or dug into the soil.
   木灰应被耙入或插进土壤里。
3. I wish he would refrain from scattering his ash all over the carpet.
   我希望他不要将烟灰往地毯上乱弹。
4. The fire reduced the house to a mass of ash.
   大火把房子烧成了灰烬。

用作名词 (n.)

1. There was an ash tree in the forest which was thought to be a monster.
   森林中有一株被认为是妖怪的白蜡树。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. The house was burnt down to ashes.
   房子被烧成了灰烬。
2. Her ashes were spread over the sea.
   她的骨灰被撒到海里。

经典引文

• The fire, unattended.., had sunk to a handful of warm ashes.

  出自： E. Waugh

• On watering-place islands / our fires of dead wood / sink rapidly to ash.

  出自： B. Jones

• Where the ashes of the Sertorian rebellion were still smouldering.

  出自： fig.

• The triumph suddenly developed the taste of ashes.

  出自： P. Gallico

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• burn to ashes 烧成灰,化为乌有

名词+～

• cigarette ash 烟灰

介词+～

• in dust and ashes 〈宗〉悲切忏悔

～+介词

• ashes from bones 骨灰
• ashes of the past 历史遗迹

词语用法

1. ash往往指“(未散开的一团)灰”，如the ash of a cigar（烟灰）；
2. 复数形式ashes也指“灰”，如burn to ashes，lay in ashes(此处的ashes不可改作ash)；
3. a few grey ashes的表达方式可以存在。

n. (名词)

1. ash的基本意思是“灰”,指物体烧过后所留下的粉末; 也可指某地烧过后成为“灰烬,废墟”; 还可指人死火化后的残留物,即“骨灰”。

词源解说

• ☆ 直接源自古英语的asce；最初源自原始日耳曼语的askon，意为灰。

近反义词

【近义词】

• slag 熔渣
• residue 残渣
• cinder 煤渣
• ember 余烬（常用复数）...
• coal 煤
• scoria 熔渣
• lava 熔岩
• embers 余烬
• paleness 苍白
• ghastliness 鬼一样
• powder 粉末
• dust 灰尘
• pallor （脸色）苍白...
• wanness WAN的名词形式...
• ruins 遗址
• remains 剩余物
• vestiges 遗迹
• relics 遗物
• ash tree 白蜡树