| 单词 | charcoal |
| 释义 | charcoal (once / 1220 pages) 1nv 2nadj Charcoal is the black substance left over when wood is heated in the absence of oxygen. You can cook with charcoal by burning it in your backyard grill. Charcoal is used in many ways, but its most important use has probably been by blacksmiths and other metal workers, who historically used extremely hot charcoal fires to heat metal. Charcoal is also used to make explosive blasting powders and common water filters. One theory of the word's origin combines the obsolete verb charren, "to turn," and cole, "coal" — in other words, "to turn to coal." WORD FAMILYcharcoal: charcoaled, charcoaling, charcoals USAGE EXAMPLES“The Tempest’s” Miranda is in modern dress, at a chess board, in both an oil painting and a charcoal drawing. Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) Evenings are enjoyed with an ice-cold Tusker beer and the smell of freshly caught fish cooking on a charcoal jiko stove. The Guardian(Dec 24, 2016) DETAILS: Wooden barrel-shaped charcoal grills with the Shock Top logo at the front. Seattle Times(Dec 23, 2016) 1 1n a carbonaceous material obtained by heating wood or other organic matter in the absence of air Syn|Hyper wood coal C, atomic number 6, carbon an abundant nonmetallic tetravalent element occurring in three allotropic forms: amorphous carbon and graphite and diamond; occurs in all organic compounds fuela substance that can be consumed to produce energy 2n a stick of black carbon material used for drawing Syn|Hyper fusain writing implement an implement that is used to write 3n a drawing made with a stick of black carbon material Hyper drawing a representation of forms or objects on a surface by means of lines 4v draw, trace, or represent with charcoal 2Hyper draw represent by making a drawing of, as with a pencil, chalk, etc. on a surface 1n a very dark grey color Syn|Hyper charcoal gray, charcoal grey, oxford gray, oxford grey gray, grayness, grey, greyness a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black 2adj of a very dark grey Syn charcoal-gray, charcoal-grey achromatic, neutral having no hue |
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