cinder
cinder — 名詞
- cindersingular
- cindersplural
1. a small, hard piece of burned material, such as coal or wood, that remains after
炭渣；餘燼
煤炭或木材燃燒後留下的碎塊
a small, hard piece of burned material, such as coal or wood, that remains after a fire has gone out and can still be hot enough to start another fire
Antonia cleared the cold cinders from the fireplace before laying new logs.
Antonia 把壁爐裡冰冷的炭渣清乾淨，才放進新的木柴。
clear cinders from + [fireplace / grate]
A few hot cinders jumped out of the campfire and landed on Mark's jacket.
幾塊滾燙的炭渣從營火中迸出來，落在 Mark 的夾克上。
The old wooden shed burned down overnight, leaving only gray cinders behind.
那間老舊的木棚整晚燒成了灰，只剩下一堆灰色的炭渣。
Baraka poked the cinders with a stick to see if any were still glowing underneath.
Baraka 用樹枝戳了戳炭渣，看看底下還有沒有在發亮。
After the bonfire, Noor swept the cinders into a bucket and doused them with water.
營火結束後，Noor 把炭渣掃進桶裡，再澆上水撲滅。
- ember
an ember is still glowing and can restart a fire, whereas a cinder has stopped burning and is no longer alight
- ash
ash is a fine, soft, gray powder, while a cinder is a small solid piece that still has some structure
- charcoal
charcoal is made by burning wood slowly with limited air, often used as fuel; cinders are the leftover pieces after ordinary burning
文法句型
countable noun