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: Using a cell phone gives a person more power.
  史蒂夫·恩伯：使用手机使一个人具有了更多的能力。
• The ember was placed inside a hollowed-out turnip to keep it glowing longer.
  灰烬是放置进一挖空-表面的芜菁使它保持白热的比较长的。
• STEVE EMBER: Fifty years ago, life for women in the United States was very different from today.
  五十年前，美国女性的生活与现在截然不同。
• STEVE EMBER: Today, the Tastee Diner seems more popular than ever.
  如今，这家“品味”餐车似乎比以前更受欢迎了。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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: 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。
• 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。
• 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。