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Ash æʃ Tree Grey Left Wood 灰;灰烬 Black

The word "ash" refers to the powdery substance left after burning (ashes), the remains of a cremated person (ashes), or a type of tree (ash) and its wood.

The word "ash" refers to the powdery substance left after burning (ashes), the remains of a cremated person (ashes), or a type of tree (ash) and its wood.

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[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 .
  [also N in pl]
  • 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.
  [usu poss N]
    3
    [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。


    Oxford ASH / æʃ ; NAmE æʃ / abbreviation Action 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 ; NAmE æʃ / ash / æʃ ; NAmE æʃ / 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 2 ashes [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。 3 ashes [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 ] ( also ˈash 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
    ash ashes
    ash / æʃ ; NAmE æʃ /
    LDC
    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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    ash

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    灰(90%),灰烬(5%),白蜡树(2%),废墟(1%),白蜡木(1%),苍白.(1%)
    n.灰;灰烬
    n.(Ash)人名;(英、俄、捷)阿什

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