| 单词 | cinder |
| 释义 | cinder —cindery, cinderous, adj. —cinderlike, adj. /sin"deuhr/, n. 1. a partially or mostly burned piece of coal, wood, etc. 2. cinders, a. any residue of combustion; ashes. b. Geol. coarse scoriae erupted by volcanoes. 3. a live, flameless coal; ember. 4. Metall. a. slag (def. 1). b. a mixture of ashes and slag. v.t. 5. to spread cinders on: The highway department salted and cindered the icy roads. 6. Archaic. to reduce to cinders. v.i. 7. to spread cinders on a surface, as a road or sidewalk: My neighbor began cindering as soon as the first snowflake fell. [bef. 900; ME synder, OE sinder slag; c. G Sinter, ON sindr; c- (for s-) < F cendre ashes] |
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