Ashes

(n. pl.) The earthy or mineral particles of combustible substances remaining after combustion, as of wood or coal.

(n. pl.) Specifically: The remains of the human body when burnt, or when "returned to dust" by natural decay.

(n. pl.) The color of ashes; deathlike paleness.

编辑:弗吉尼亚

• The smoke, gases, and ashes left in the path of a raging forest fire are no compensation to us for the valuable timber destroyed. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• What's the good of a thing that you can't put down in the ashes to warm, hey, neighbours; that's what I ask? 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• I found the ash of a cigar, which my special knowledge of tobacco ashes enables me to pronounce as an Indian cigar. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• Don't lose your temper as well as your money, says Mr. George, calmly knocking the ashes out of his pipe. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• Then we'll go get the ashes dragged. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
• Phil announcing it, Mr. George knocks the ashes out of his pipe on the hob, stands his pipe itself in the chimney corner, and sits down to the meal. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• Like Homer, he is said to be buried in many other places, but this is the only true and genuine place his ashes inhabit. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• In practice, the wood ashes were boiled in water, which was then strained off, and the resulting filtrate, or lye, was mixed with the fats for soap making. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• When wood is burned, a small pile of ashes is left, and we think of the bulk of the wood as destroyed. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• We shall sit with lighter bosoms on the hearth, to see the ashes of our fires turn gray and cold. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• Above a heap of dust and ashes in the court, ran the letters: National Property. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• He attended on us, as I may say, in sackcloth and ashes. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• And the books are dust and ashes--and oh, sirs! 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• Being in a narrow street and a congested district, the plant needed special facilities for the handling of coal and ashes, as well as for ventilation and forced draught. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• In that case, I know where you are going, said Crispin, carefully shaking the ashes out of his pipe; your destination is the Island of Melnos. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• If it had ever been here, its ashes alone would save me from the void in which my whole life sinks. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• As she spoke, she drained the basin into the ashes of the fire, and broke the bottle on the hearth. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• He has repented it in sackcloth and ashes, Robert Moore, as you may well believe when you see his punishment (here she pointed to her children). 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• It was like pushing the chair itself back into the past, when we began the old slow circuit round about the ashes of the bridal feast. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• I had risen from my seat and was knocking out the ashes of my pipe when I suddenly heard the clang of the bell. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• The term is also applied to the extraordinary phenomenon of the human body, which has been told of some people, whereby it is reduced to ashes without the application of fire. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• We could not bring ourselves to think St. John had two sets of ashes. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• Formerly, the supply of soda was very limited because man was dependent upon natural deposits and upon ashes of sea plants for it. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• I don't wish to rake up his ashes, but he had, what I should call if he was living, a devil of a tight hold of me. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• It gives an immediate heat in the kitchen for all culinary and domestic purposes, without the incidental objections of having to transport fuel and remove ashes. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• Palestine sits in sackcloth and ashes. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• We have reduced it to a little harmless heap of ashes; and our dear impulsive Rachel will never know what we have done! 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• Do you care much for the ashes left in your pipe when you empty it? 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• There was a heap of old feathery wood-ashes on the hearth. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• Saturnia's statue rises chaste, grand, untouched; at her feet piled ashes lie pale. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.

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