cinders

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

煤渣,煤泥,焦炭,煤灰

Definitions

n.名词 noun

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- : 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

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- : to spread cinders on: The highway department salted and cindered the icy roads.
- : Archaic. to reduce to cinders.

v.无主动词 verb

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- : to spread cinders on a surface, as a road or sidewalk: My neighbor began cindering as soon as the first snowflake fell.

nounhot ash

Synonyms

I was determined for this to happen, but his mother thwarted my efforts and had him burnt to cinders in the US instead.
I have had broken bricks and cinders put down for them to stand on, and thus lifted them out of the mud.
The cinders fell together with a crumbling sound, and a greyness crept into their glowing depths.
She was indeed browning the coffee with a vengeance; she was burning it black—fairly to cinders.
Red-hot cinders he highly relished, though in obtaining them he frequently singed off his moustaches.
The live cinders from the firebox went up the chimney all night, and fell in showers on deck.