ember

英 [ˈembə(r)]

美 [ˈembər]

n.  余火未尽的木块(或煤块)

复数：embers　

BNC.16326 / COCA.14931

牛津词典

noun

• 余火未尽的木块（或煤块）
  a piece of wood or coal that is not burning but is still red and hot after a fire has died

柯林斯词典

• 余火;余烬
  Theembersof a fire are small pieces of wood or coal that remain and glow with heat after the fire has finished burning.

英英释义

noun

• a hot fragment of wood or coal that is left from a fire and is glowing or smoldering
  Synonym:coal

双语例句

• STEVE EMBER: The difficulty of traveling through the Appalachian Mountains had kept many people from going west.
  史蒂夫·恩伯：由于穿越阿巴拉契亚山脉困难重重，这就阻碍了人们西进的步伐。
• And I'm Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program, People in America.
  我是沙莉-格林菲斯，还有我是美国之音慢速英语人在美国节目的史蒂夫-安博。
• STEVE EMBER: For example, the population of one big cat has been falling in recent years.
  例如，一种大的猫科动物的数量最近几年一直在减少。
• The eye of an ember parrotfish Maldives.
  一条灰烬隆头鱼的眼睛马尔代夫。
• STEVE EMBER: The official poverty rate for all Americans last year was a little more than fourteen percent.
  去年全美官方贫困率是百分之十四多一点。
• The ember was placed inside a hollowed-out turnip to keep it glowing longer.
  灰烬是放置进一挖空-表面的芜菁使它保持白热的比较长的。
• STEVE EMBER: In the Senate, Ted Kennedy wrote hundreds of bills and supported thousands of others.
  在参议院里面，特德·肯尼迪撰写了成百上千条议案，支持了成千上万个人。
• The devil gave him a single ember to light his way through the frigid darkness.
  魔鬼送他一块余火未尽的木头，给他照明，穿过凛冽的黑暗。
• STEVE EMBER: Experts say the wireless telephone has changed lives and businesses more than any other device.
  史蒂夫·恩伯：专家称无线电话比任何设备都更有力地改变了人们的生活方式和商业运作方式。
• STEVE EMBER: About ten years ago, Congress approved a plan to restore and improve the Everglades.
  大概在十年前，美国国会批准了一项计划来修复和改善大沼泽地国家公园。