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ashes

US // (ˈæʃɪz) //

灰烬,骨灰,灰,灰燼

Related Words

embers烬,栓子,余烬,烬烬powder粉剂,粉末,粉,粉饼soot煤烟,煤灰,烟尘,油烟dust尘埃,尘土,灰尘,粉尘slag矿渣,炉渣,熔渣,渣渣charcoal木炭,黑炭,炭化,炭质cinders煤渣,煤泥,焦炭,煤灰remains遗体,遗骸,遗留物,遗留rubble碎石,瓦砾,碎石块,碎石堆vestiges残余物,遗迹,残留物,残余debris碎片,残骸,瓦砾,残片remnants残余物,残留物,遗留物,剩余物relics遗物,遗迹,文物,遗留物volcanic ash火山灰,山西省的火山灰

Definitions

  1. 1
    • : ruins or remains, as after destruction or burningthe city was left in ashes
    • : the remains of a human body after cremation

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounruins
Synonyms
debris碎片,残骸,瓦砾,残片relics遗物,遗迹,文物,遗留物remains遗体,遗骸,遗留物,遗留remnants残余物,残留物,遗留物,剩余物rubble碎石,瓦砾,碎石块,碎石堆vestiges残余物,遗迹,残留物,残余
nounpowder remains after a fire
Synonyms
charcoal木炭,黑炭,炭化,炭质cinders煤渣,煤泥,焦炭,煤灰dust尘埃,尘土,灰尘,粉尘embers烬,栓子,余烬,烬烬powder粉剂,粉末,粉,粉饼slag矿渣,炉渣,熔渣,渣渣soot煤烟,煤灰,烟尘,油烟volcanic ash火山灰,山西省的火山灰

Examples

  • Warm milk mixed with a spoonful of fireplace ashes seemed to also be popular among 19th century England.

  • “At one point they were going to perform a burial ceremony with the ashes,” he says.

  • In the not-so-distant future, an independent country, which belongs to Kurds, will rise from these wants, pains, fire and ashes.

  • Ashes & Fire, a pleasant, folky, water-treading effort, followed in 2011.

  • The Oberhausen aquarium erected a memorial of the psychic octopus with a golden urn containing his ashes.

  • He thrust the Cardinal's mantle into it, and stood over the smouldering cloth, till the whole was consumed to ashes.

  • The Seneschal stood with blanched face and gaping mouth, his fire all turned to ashes before the passion of this gaunt man.

  • Bridgewater, Mass., invaded by the Indian enemy, and 17 buildings laid in ashes.

  • He stirred the smoldering ashes till the broiled fowl began to sizzle afresh.

  • The boy took a piece of wood and covered it with a paste made of ashes and oil.

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