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单词 cinder
释义

cinder

/ˈsɪndə /
noun
1A small piece of partly burnt coal or wood that has stopped giving off flames but still has combustible matter in it: a cold hearth full of cinders...
  • Two years ago, a couple claimed their child was burned by a flying cinder from a train.
  • Firewalking refers to the activity of walking on hot coals, rocks or cinders without burning the soles of one's feet.
  • She alone has the presence of mind to remove a burning cinder from a table full of explosives.

Synonyms

ashes, ash, embers;
clinker, charcoal, slag
1.1 (cinders) Ashes.The wheels are exposed to a lot of corrosive elements such as the dust, salt, stones, and cinders....
  • The place was a mess; all the tables were either broken or burnt to cinders.
  • I too spent happy times wandering round the ‘field’ which was mostly of dirt and cinders.
2 [mass noun] Waste matter produced by smelting or refining ore; slag.Years ago this was the way Rowntree's disposed of its cinder waste from its incinerator - it had waiting lists of people wanting this material....
  • We are going a roundabout way to the village via an abandoned rail line with a cinder trackbed.
  • Eventually we find a new little bike path of dirt and cinder that follows the Little Patuxent river.

Phrases

burnt to a cinder

Derivatives

cindery

adjective ...
  • The waves pound the coast hard enough to send a tremor through the cindery sand.
  • As the road snakes up and over the cindery shoulder of Lassen Peak, it climbs through conifer forests to lake-dotted meadows.

Origin

Old English sinder 'slag', of Germanic origin; related to German Sinter. The similar but unconnected French cendre (from Latin cinis 'ashes') has influenced both the sense development and the spelling. Compare with sinter.

Rhymes

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