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: 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。
• 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: Traveling along Embassy Row, we pass a number of other embassies.
  在参观使馆街的旅途上，我们还看到了很多其他国家的大使馆。
• 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: The future of the Everglades is not clear.
  大沼泽地国家公园未来会是什么样，我们无法设想。
• 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: 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: 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。
• 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: 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。