单词 | ash |
释义 | ash (once / 297 pages) 1nv 2n Ash is what's left after something has been burned by a fire. You need to clean the ash out of a wood stove or fireplace every once in a while. After you burn wood in a fire pit or in a bonfire on the beach, there's ash left behind. Cigarette or cigar ash is what smokers tap off the end every so often — the burned part of the cigarette becomes ash. If you use the idiomatic phrase "it turned to ashes in my mouth," you mean that something was a huge disappointment or letdown. WORD FAMILYash: ashed, ashes, ashing, ashy+/ashy: ashier USAGE EXAMPLESTraditionally, the ashes are then drunk dissolved in champagne. The Guardian(Dec 31, 2016) The latest eruption occurred Friday, producing an ash cloud that was believed to rise to about 20,000 feet. New York Times(Dec 30, 2016) On Thursday, like seven small mythical phoenixes who rose from the ashes, the new birds arrived in Grant. Seattle Times(Dec 30, 2016) 1 1n the residue that remains when something is burned Hypo|Hyper fly ash fine solid particles of ash that are carried into the air when fuel is combusted bone ashash left when bones burn; high in calcium phosphate; used as fertilizer and in bone china residue matter that remains after something has been removed 2v convert into ashes 2Hyper alter, change, modify cause to change; make different; cause a transformation 1n any of various deciduous pinnate-leaved ornamental or timber trees of the genus Fraxinus Syn|Exp|Hypo|Hyper ash tree Yggdrasil (Norse mythology) a huge ash tree whose roots and branches hold the earth and Heaven and Hell together Fraxinus Americana, white ash spreading American ash with leaves pale green or silvery beneath and having hard brownish wood Fraxinus caroliniana, swamp ashsmall ash of swampy areas of southeastern United States Fraxinus cuspidata, flowering ashshrubby ash of southwestern United States having fragrant white flowers Fraxinus dipetala, flowering ashshrubby California ash with showy off-white flowers European ash, Fraxinus excelsior, common European ashtall ash of Europe to the Caucasus having leaves shiny dark-green above and pale downy beneath Fraxinus latifolia, Fraxinus oregona, Oregon ashtimber tree of western North America yielding hard light wood; closely related to the red ash Fraxinus nigra, basket ash, black ash, brown ash, hoop ashvigorous spreading North American tree having dark brown heavy wood; leaves turn gold in autumn Fraxinus ornus, flowering ash, manna ashsouthern Mediterranean ash having fragrant white flowers in dense panicles and yielding manna Fraxinus pennsylvanica, downy ash, red ashsmallish American tree with velvety branchlets and lower leaf surfaces Fraxinus quadrangulata, blue ashash of central and southern United States with bluish-green foliage and hard brown wood Fraxinus texensis, mountain ashlow-growing ash of Texas Fraxinus tomentosa, pumpkin ashtimber tree of central and southeastern United States having hairy branchlets and a swollen trunk base Arizona ash, Fraxinus velutinasmall shrubby ash of southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico Fraxinus pennsylvanica subintegerrima, green asha variety of red ash having glossy branchlets and lower leaf surfaces tree a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms 2n strong elastic wood of any of various ash trees; used for furniture and tool handles and sporting goods such as baseball bats Hyper wood the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees |
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