1. | [u] 灰;灰烬the grey or black powder that is left after sth, especially tobacco , wood or coal, has burnt |
cigarette ash 香烟灰 | |
black volcanic ash 黑色火山灰 |
2. | [pl] 灰烬;废墟what is left after sth has been destroyed by burning |
The town was reduced to ashes in the fighting. 这座城镇在战斗中化为灰烬。 | |
the glowing ashes of the campfire 营火剩下的灼热余烬 | |
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. | [pl] 骨灰the powder that is left after a dead person's body has been cremated(= burned) |
She wanted her ashes to be scattered at sea. 她希望自己的骨灰撒向大海。 |
4. | [c][u] 梣;白蜡树a forest tree with grey bark |
5. | [u] 梣木the hard pale wood of the ash tree |
6. | *æ (古英语的一个字母,也为音标,表示如 cat 一词中的元音)the letter æ, used in Old English, and as a phonetic symbol to represent the vowel sound incat |