[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]灰;灰烬Ash is the grey or black powdery substance that is left after something is burnt. You can also refer to this substance as ashes .
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A cloud of volcanic ash is spreading across wide areas of the Philippines...
火山灰云层正在菲律宾大范围扩散。
He brushed the cigarette ash from his sleeve...
他掸掉了袖子上的烟灰。
He ordered their villages burned to ashes.
他下令将他们的村庄烧成灰烬。
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[N-PLURAL 复数名词]骨灰 A dead person's ashes are their remains after their body has been cremated.
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[N-VAR 可变名词]白蜡树; An ash is a tree that has smooth grey bark and loses its leaves in winter.
...a high forest of oak and ash.
生长着橡树和白蜡树的高山林
Ash is the wood from this tree.木
The rafters are made from ash.
椽是用木做的。
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ASH/æʃ; NAmEæʃ/abbreviationAction on Smoking and Health(an organization in the UK that tries to make people stop smoking by showing how dangerous it is) 吸烟与健康行动组织,英国控烟组织(通过说明吸烟的危害性倡导戒烟)ASH/æʃ; NAmEæʃ/ash/æʃ; NAmEæʃ/noun _deciduous_trees_comp.jpg _ash.jpg 1[uncountable ]the grey or black powder that is left after sth, especially tobacco,wood or coal, has burnt 灰;灰烬◆cigarette ash香烟灰◆black volcanic ash黑色火山灰2ashes[plural ]what is left after sth has been destroyed by burning 灰烬;废墟◆The town was reduced to ashes in the fighting.在战斗中这座城镇已化为灰烬。◆the glowing ashes of the campfire营火剩下的灼热余烬◆( figurative) The party had risen, like a phoenix, from the ashes of electoral disaster.该党像长生鸟一样,从选举惨败的灰烬中重新崛起。3ashes[plural ]the powder that is left after a dead person's body has been cremated(= burned)骨灰◆She wanted her ashes to be scattered at sea.她希望自己的骨灰撒向大海。4[countable , uncountable ](alsoˈash tree)a forest tree with grey bark梣;白蜡树☞see also
mountain ash
5[uncountable ]the hard pale wood of the ash tree梣木6( technical 术语) the letter æ, used in Old English, and as a phoneticsymbol to represent the vowel sound in cat*æ (古英语的一个字母,也为音标,表示如 cat 一词中的元音)IDIOMsee
sackcloth
ashashesash/æʃ; NAmEæʃ/
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ashash /æʃ/ ●○○ noun
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1[countable, uncountable] the soft grey powder that remains after something has been burned: cigarette ash The house burnt to ashes.2ashes [plural]a)the ash that remains when a dead person’s body is burned: His ashes were scattered at sea.b)a situation in which something is completely destroyed: The organization has risen from the ashes to become very successful. All her hopes and dreams had turned to ashes.3[countable, uncountable] a tree that is common in Britain and North America, or the wood from this tree
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