ashes

英语词汇分析：ashes

词性与含义

“ashes”主要用作名词，表示火焰燃烧后留下的灰烬。它的形容词形式并不常见，但在某些上下文中可用于形容与火相关的状态或事物。

词语辨析

• “ashes”与“dust”的区别在于，ashes是燃烧后的残余物，而dust则通常指较细的颗粒物，不一定与燃烧有关。

• “ashes”与“cinders”的区别在于，cinders是未完全燃烧的物质，通常带有一些热量，而ashes则是完全燃烧后的产物。

词汇扩充

相关词汇包括：

• cremation（火葬）
• incinerate（焚烧）
• remains（遗骸）

近义词与反义词

• 近义词：remains（遗体）

• 反义词：flame（火焰）

柯林斯词典与牛津词典定义

根据柯林斯词典，“ashes”被定义为“the powdery residue left after the burning of a substance”。牛津词典则指出，“ashes”是“the remains of something that has been burned, especially the powdery residue left after the combustion of organic material”。

用法示例

• The campfire left nothing but ashes.

  营火只留下了灰烬。

• He scattered his father's ashes in the sea.

  他把父亲的 ashes撒在海里。

• After the fire, all that remained were ashes.

  火灾后，只剩下灰烬。

• The ashes of the burned house were cleared away.

  被烧毁房屋的灰烬被清理掉了。

• They decided to keep the ashes in an urn.

  他们决定把灰烬放在一个骨灰盒里。

• She looked at the ashes and remembered the past.

  她看着灰烬，回忆起过去。

• His dreams turned to ashes after the failure.

  他的梦想在失败后化为灰烬。

• The ashes were cold and lifeless.

  这些灰烬冰冷而无生气。

• She felt her hopes were turned into ashes.

  她觉得自己的希望变成了灰烬。

• He held the ashes tightly in his hands.

  他紧紧握着灰烬。

• The artist used ashes in his paintings.

  这位艺术家在他的画作中使用了灰烬。

• With the wind, the ashes blew away.

  在风中，灰烬随风飘散。

• He buried the ashes beneath the old tree.

  他把灰烬埋在老树下。

• The ashes signify the end of an era.

  灰烬象征着一个时代的结束。

• She collected the ashes from the fireplace.

  她从壁炉里收集了灰烬。

• He watched the ashes fall like snow.

  他看着灰烬像雪一样飘落。

• The ashes of the volcano are still warm.

  火山的灰烬仍然温暖。

• The ancient ruins turned to ashes over time.

  古代遗迹随着时间变成了灰烬。

• She felt like her dreams had turned to ashes.

  她觉得自己的梦想已经化为灰烬。