ashes
英['æʃɪz]
美['æʃɪz]
- n. 灰烬；骨灰；尸体；文化遗址；灰( ash的名词复数 )；梣
助记提示
1. 源自古英语 asce "灰烬" (仅有复数形式)，来自原始日耳曼语 *askon "灰烬" (同源词：古诺斯语 aska、古高地德语 asca、德语 Asche、哥特语 azgo)，最终可追溯至原始印欧词根 *as- "to burn, glow" (燃烧、灼热、发光)。
2. *as- 同源词：拉丁语 arere "干燥、枯萎、灼热"，衍生出 arid (干旱的、荒芜的)、ardent (炽热的、热情的)、ardor (炽热、热情)；希腊语 azein "烘干"。
3. 燃烧、烧尽之后剩下的东西就是"灰烬"。因此该词本义即"燃烧后的残留物"，引申指大火焚毁后的"废墟、遗址"，火化后的"骨灰"，以及烟斗、雪茄中弹落的"烟灰"。
4. 词组 rise like a phoenix from the ashes (像凤凰从灰烬中飞起) => 浴火重生、起死回生、东山再起。
5. 注意：ash 表示"梣树(白蜡树)"时，来自古英语 æsc，源自 PIE 词根 *os-，与表示"灰烬"的 ash 并不同源。
双语例句
- 1. A devastating blaze in 1720 reduced much of Rennes, with its historic districts, to ashes.
- 1720年的一场毁灭性大火将雷恩古城的大部分历史街区化为灰烬.
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- 2. He tapped the ashes from his pipe into the palm of his hand.
- 他将烟斗里的烟灰敲落在手掌上.
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- 3. She cleaned the boiler by raking out the accumulated ashes.
- 她通过耙出积灰来清理锅炉.
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- 4. The ashes must be scraped out from the stove.
- 炉里的灰必须掏尽.
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- 5. A conflagration in 1947 reduced 90 percent of the houses to ashes.
- 1947年的一场大火,使90%的房屋化为灰烬.
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- 6. The airline rose like a phoenix from the ashes.
- 这家航空公司又起死回生了.
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- 7. They had to remove the ashes from the burner first.
- 他们得先把炉内的灰清除掉.
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- 8. The house was burnt down to ashes.
- 房子被烧成了灰烬.
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- 9. Her ashes were spread over the sea.
- 她的骨灰被撒到海里.
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- 10. The fire is smothered by ashes.
- 火被灰闷熄了.
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- 11. He flicked the ashes from his cigar.
- 他弹去雪茄烟烟灰.
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- 12. Drop your cigarette ashes into the ashtray.
- 请把香烟灰弹在烟灰缸里.
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- 13. A volcano belches smoke and ashes.
- 火山喷出黑烟和灰土.
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- 14. There was a heap of old feathery wood - ashes on the hearth.
- 壁炉上有—堆轻轻的陈年的柴灰.
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- 15. Within another minute, perhaps, it would have crumbled into ashes.
- 再过上一分钟,想必这照片便化成了灰烬.
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