ash

n.灰；灰烬

n.白蜡树；白蜡木

(复)ashes：骨灰；废墟；苍白.

She dusted some ash from her sleeve. 她撢去袖子上的灰末。

Wood ash should be forked or dug into the soil. 木灰应被耙入或插进土壤里。

I wish he would refrain from scattering his ash all over the carpet. 我希望他不要将烟灰往地毯上乱弹。

The fire reduced the house to a mass of ash. 大火把房子烧成了灰烬。

ash往往指“(未散开的一团)灰”，如the ash of a cigar（烟灰）；

复数形式ashes也指“灰”，如burn to ashes，lay in ashes(此处的ashes不可改作ash)；

a few grey ashes的表达方式可以存在。

ash的基本意思是“灰”,指物体烧过后所留下的粉末; 也可指某地烧过后成为“灰烬,废墟”; 还可指人死火化后的残留物,即“骨灰”。