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cinder

/sin-der/US // ˈsɪn dər //UK // (ˈsɪndə) //

煤渣,渣滓,灰渣,煤球

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a partially or mostly burned piece of coal, wood, etc.
    • : cinders, any residue of combustion; ashes.Geology.coarse scoriae erupted by volcanoes.
    • : a live, flameless coal; ember.
    • : Metallurgy. slag. a mixture of ashes and slag.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to spread cinders on: The highway department salted and cindered the icy roads.
    • : Archaic. to reduce to cinders.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to spread cinders on a surface, as a road or sidewalk: My neighbor began cindering as soon as the first snowflake fell.

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Examples

  • External hard drives have long been associated with large brick-like monsters that weigh down the corners of your workspace like cinder blocks.

  • He and his wife and children shared a cinder-block house with a roof made of sheet metal and a dirt floor.

  • Today, one in five Cariocas, as Rio residents are known, live in shantytowns, piled high with raw brick and cinder-block homes.

  • The three of them shared a cinder-block shack on the beach in Puerto Rico.

  • The story opens with an appearance from the Brothers Grimm, asking an elderly woman to verify the story of a cinder girl.

  • At that moment, three or four shots rang out almost simultaneously, echoing throughout the cinder block building.

  • Doe grow on trees, or sea to shoore of sandie cinder heaues.

  • An increase in local construction has resulted in an increase in the production of cinder blocks and other building materials.

  • A cinder stung her face, and when she lifted her hand to the spot, she saw that her glove was black with grime.

  • They says his voice is like thunder, an' lightnin' shoots fr'm his eyes that wud shrivel th' likes iv ye an' me to a cinder.'

  • One of these was a rather firm, crisp cinder, and had been a blue-print of a drawing.