| 单词 | ember |
| 释义 | ember noun[Cusually plural] uk/ˈem.bər/us/ˈem.bɚ/apieceofwoodorcoal, etc. thatcontinuestoburnafter afirehas no moreflames: 余火未尽的木块（或煤块）Wesatby theglowing/dyingembers of thefire.我们坐在余火未尽／将尽的炉火旁。 Compare coal  mustafagull/iStock/Getty Images Plus/GettyImages Products of fire
ember| American Dictionaryember noun[Cusually pl] us/ˈem·bərz/asmallpieceofwoodorcoalthat isburningwithout aflame: glowingembers Examplesofemberember If part of it decomposes into something similar to dirt, it is not dirt, but rather embers that may serve as some sort of medicament. From theCambridge English Corpus There is all the difficulty of raising embers which might have been burnt out. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 And we must understand the nature of the cold war—its unpredictability, its spurts of activity—which sometimes fan the embers into dangerous fires. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not want to drag over all the embers of what happened in 1969. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 However, theemberof peace has not yet become a flame. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not want to re-open old wounds or blow on the embers of past arguments. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not think that, at this time, any advantage would be served by raking over those embers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The embers are there, and it would not take much to fan them into flame. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not see any useful international purpose being served by raking over the embers of that row today. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not want to rake over the embers of controversy of the past. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not regard this as an occasion upon which to revive the embers of those discussions. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 You can rake up the dying embers of the past as much as you like. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 If one blows on the embers of any old controversy, the flames come up quite quickly. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I would not want to do anything to stir up the smouldering embers of party venom which still exist. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It is one of the last dying embers of the policy of subsidising the nationalised industries' price restraint policies. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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