ember

英 [ˈembə(r)]

美 [ˈembər]

n.  余火未尽的木块(或煤块)

复数：embers　

BNC.16326 / COCA.14931

牛津词典

noun

• 余火未尽的木块（或煤块）
  a piece of wood or coal that is not burning but is still red and hot after a fire has died

柯林斯词典

• 余火;余烬
  Theembersof a fire are small pieces of wood or coal that remain and glow with heat after the fire has finished burning.

英英释义

noun

• a hot fragment of wood or coal that is left from a fire and is glowing or smoldering
  Synonym:coal

双语例句

• STEVE EMBER: The official poverty rate for all Americans last year was a little more than fourteen percent.
  去年全美官方贫困率是百分之十四多一点。
• STEVE EMBER: Understanding soap-making also requires a short chemistry and history lesson.
  要明白肥皂制造工艺还得具有一定的化学和历史知识。
• STEVE EMBER: In the Senate, Ted Kennedy wrote hundreds of bills and supported thousands of others.
  在参议院里面，特德·肯尼迪撰写了成百上千条议案，支持了成千上万个人。
• STEVE EMBER: Traveling along Embassy Row, we pass a number of other embassies.
  在参观使馆街的旅途上，我们还看到了很多其他国家的大使馆。
• STEVE EMBER: Experts say the wireless telephone has changed lives and businesses more than any other device.
  史蒂夫·恩伯：专家称无线电话比任何设备都更有力地改变了人们的生活方式和商业运作方式。
• The devil gave him a single ember to light his way through the frigid darkness.
  魔鬼送他一块余火未尽的木头，给他照明，穿过凛冽的黑暗。
• STEVE EMBER: By nineteen-oh-three, some businesses were pressuring New York to build a whole system of canals.
  史蒂夫·恩伯：到了1903年，一些企业向纽约州施加压力，要求建设一个完整的运河系统。
• STEVE EMBER: Autumn in Washington is our subject this week.
  本期节目的主题就是华盛顿的秋天。
• And I'm Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program, People in America.
  我是沙莉-格林菲斯，还有我是美国之音慢速英语人在美国节目的史蒂夫-安博。
• STEVE EMBER: Andrew Burns is an economist at the World Bank in Washington, D.C.
  史蒂夫·恩伯：安德鲁·伯恩斯是华盛顿特区世界银行的一位经济学家。