embers

英 [ˈɛmbəz]

美 [ˈɛmbərz]

n.  余火未尽的木块(或煤块)
ember的复数

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.

双语例句

• A big bed of embers still gleamed in the kitchen chimney.
  大片的余烬还在厨房烟囱里冒着火星。
• And her teeth chattered as she shrunk closer to the almost extinguished embers.
  她向那几乎灭了的灰烬那边移近些，缩成一团，牙齿直打颤。
• I thus warmed myself by the still glowing embers which the summer, like a departed hunter, had left.
  夏天像猎人一样已经走掉了，我就这样烤着它所留下来的还在发光的余火。
• He buried the embers of the fire.
  他掩埋了余烬。
• Residents rush out as the train passes, armed with tongs to pick up dropped embers for their stoves.
  火车经过时当地居民四处散开，用火钳拾起火车上抛下的余火未尽的煤块用以自己烧火。
• The glow, which they had just before beheld burning on his cheek, was extinguished, like a flame that sinks down hopelessly among the late decaying embers.
  人们刚才看到的在他面颊上烧灼的红光已经黯淡，犹如在余烬中无可奈何地熄灭的火焰。
• Like charcoal to hot embers and wood to fire, So is a contentious man to kindle strife.
  箴26：21好争竞的人煽惑争端、如馀火加炭、上加柴一样。
• Only embers glowed in the fire.
  炉子里只有余火未尽的煤块在燃烧。
• Putin has methodically targeted, through charm and cash and by fanning historical and ideological embers, the EU's weakest links in a campaign to assert influence in some of Europe's most troubled corners.
  借助魅力和金钱，以及历史和意识形态的余烬，普京有计划地把目标对准了欧盟最薄弱的环节，以期巩固它对欧洲一些最动荡不安的角落的影响力。
• Better to feed the embers first with kindling and small branches until the fire is roaring again.
  最好首先用引火柴和小枝子来给余烬加料，直到火再次燃烧起来。