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

• 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: 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。
• 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: Watercolor paint is color, or pigment, dissolved in water.
  水彩颜料是把颜料或色素溶解于水中制得的。
• STEVE EMBER: For example, the population of one big cat has been falling in recent years.
  例如，一种大的猫科动物的数量最近几年一直在减少。
• STEVE EMBER: Low technology is also important in developing countries.
  史蒂夫·恩伯：在发展中国家，低端技术也很重要。
• However, to become the leader, one's ember must be pure in light.
  不过，要成为领导者，那个人的余烬必须在圣光中净化。
• 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: 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。