cinders
cinders — 名詞
1. small pieces of wood or coal that have stopped burning but can still give off he
餘燼；炭塊
燒到一半、可能還燙的木炭或煤塊
small pieces of wood or coal that have stopped burning but can still give off heat, often glowing red before they go cold.
Talia raked the glowing cinders out of the fireplace before going to bed.
Talia 睡前把壁爐裡還在發紅的餘燼耙了出來。
typical action: rake/sweep cinders from a fire
The campers tossed water onto the cinders to make sure no spark survived.
露營的人把水潑到餘燼上，確保沒有任何火星還在。
collocation: pour/toss water onto cinders
A few hot cinders fell from the grill and burned tiny holes in the rug.
幾塊燙的炭塊從烤架上掉下來，在地毯上燙出小洞。
Emre used tongs to lift a cinder from the stove and light his pipe with it.
Emre 用鉗子從爐子裡夾起一塊餘燼，用它把菸斗點燃。
By morning, the campfire had cooled into a pile of grey cinders along the edge of the lake.
到了早上，營火已經冷卻成湖邊一堆灰色的餘燼。
文法句型
cinders from [fire/fuel source]
用法筆記
Often used in the plural; treat as countable. Distinguish from sense 2 — sense 1 cinders can still be hot or relit, while sense 2 cinders are cold ash left behind.
常見錯誤
2. the cold, grey fragments left after a fire has gone out — like ash, but in small
灰燼；殘渣
火熄滅後留下的冷灰塊與碎屑
the cold, grey fragments left after a fire has gone out — like ash, but in small lumps rather than fine powder.
After the warehouse fire, only blackened cinders remained where the storage room used to be.
倉庫火災後，原本是儲藏室的地方只剩下一片焦黑的灰燼。
after a destructive fire, only cinders remain
Élise swept the cinders out of the wood stove and carried them outside in a metal bucket.
Élise 把柴爐裡的灰燼掃出來，用金屬桶提到外面。
collocation: sweep cinders out / carry away cinders
The fierce wildfire reduced the old farmhouse to cinders within a single afternoon.
那場猛烈的野火只用了一個下午，就把老農舍燒成灰燼。
Brandon scattered the cinders from the bonfire across the vegetable patch as a rough fertiliser.
Brandon 把營火留下的灰燼撒在菜園上，當作粗略的肥料。
Trang found a single charred photograph among the cinders of the burnt-out cottage.
Trang 在那間燒毀的小屋的灰燼裡，找到了一張燒焦的照片。
文法句型
reduced/burned to cinders
用法筆記
Frequently appears in the fixed pattern 'reduced/burned to cinders', describing total destruction by fire. Distinguish from sense 1 — sense 2 cinders are cold leftovers, not still-hot fuel.