ash /æʃ/ CET4 TEM4

• 1. 

  N-UNCOUNT Ash is the grey or black powdery substance that is left after something is burned. You can also refer to this substance as ashes. 灰 [also N in pl]

  例：

  A cloud of volcanic ash is spreading across wide areas of the Philippines.

  一大片火山灰正在向菲律宾的大块区域扩散。

  例：

  He brushed the cigarette ash from his sleeve.

  他掸掉了袖子上的烟灰。

• 2. 

  N-PLURAL A dead person's ashes are their remains after their body has been cremated. 骨灰

  例：

  And she asks him to go back there after her death and scatter her ashes on the lake.

  她还要求他在她死后回到那里并把她的骨灰撒在那个湖上。

• 3. 

  N-PLURAL ruins or remains, as after destruction or burning 废墟; 灰烬; 这座城市成了一片废墟。

  例：

  The city was left in ashes.

• 4. 

  N-VAR An ash is a tree that has smooth grey bark and loses its leaves in winter. 梣树

• 5. 

  N-UNCOUNT Ash is the wood from this tree. 梣木

  例：

  The rafters are made from ash.

  这些椽是用梣木做的。

• 6. 

  N the digraph æ, as in Old English, representing a front vowel approximately like that of the a in Modern English hat. The character is also used to represent this sound in the International Phonetic Alphabet 元音æ