be reduced to ashes
常用被动语态，表示被彻底烧毁或毁灭。
The whole building was reduced to ashes in the fire.
整栋大楼在火灾中被烧成了灰烬。
梣树；白蜡树；梣木；白蜡木；火山灰；骨灰；废墟；残骸
the grey or black powder that is left after something has burned
火的固体残余物
Solid remains of a fire.
梣属的遮荫树
A shade tree of the genus Fraxinus.
燃烧后剩下的残留物
the residue that remains when something is burned
物质经任何完全氧化过程后留下的非水残余物
The nonaqueous remains of a material subjected to any complete oxidation process.
其他属中某些种的树
Any tree of certain species of other genera.
梣属的各种落叶羽状叶观赏树或用材树
any of various deciduous pinnate-leaved ornamental or timber trees of the genus Fraxinus
火山的细粒物质,即火山灰
Fine particles from a volcano, volcanic ash.
这种树的木材
The wood of this tree.
梣树的坚硬弹性木材,用于家具、工具手柄及棒球棒等体育用品
strong elastic wood of any of various ash trees; used for furniture and tool handles and sporting goods such as baseball bats
人或动物火化后的遗骸
Human (or animal) remains after cremation.
古英语中连字æ的传统名称
The traditional name for the ae ligature (æ), as used in Old English.
灾难后剩下的东西
What remains after a catastrophe.
一种灰色,类似火灰的颜色
A gray color, similar to that of the remains of a fire.
从汤或类似随机模式的演化中产生的较稳定的剩余模式
The resultant remaining more stable patterns that emerge from the evolution of a soup or a similarly random pattern.
The fireplace was full of cold ash after the long winter night.
漫长的冬夜过后，壁炉里满是冰冷的灰烬。
用法提示：此处 ash 是名词，用作不可数名词，表示燃烧后留下的灰烬。
He brushed the ash off his sleeve before entering the room.
他进房间前拂去袖子上的灰。
用法提示：此处 ash 是名词，表示沾在表面的灰，作定语修饰 off 的宾语。
She keeps her grandmother's ashes in a small wooden box.
她把她祖母的骨灰保存在一个小木盒里。
用法提示：此处 ashes 是名词 ash 的复数形式，特指人或动物火化后的骨灰。
常用被动语态，表示被彻底烧毁或毁灭。
The whole building was reduced to ashes in the fire.
整栋大楼在火灾中被烧成了灰烬。
比喻从毁灭或失败中恢复、重生。
The team rose from the ashes to win the championship.
这支队伍从灰烬中重生，赢得了冠军。
ash 在此作不可数名词，也可说 turn to ashes。
The wood turned to ash in the fireplace.
木头在壁炉里化成了灰。
ashes 用复数，指火化后的骨灰，常与 scatter 或 spread 搭配。
She asked us to scatter her ashes in the mountains.
她要求我们把她的骨灰撒在山里。
grammar · medium
易错句子The fire left many ash.
正确表达The fire left a lot of ash.
ash 表示“灰烬”时是不可数名词，不能受 many 修饰；many 只修饰可数名词复数，应用 a lot of / lots of 等。
grammar · medium
易错句子His ash was scattered in the sea.
正确表达His ashes were scattered in the sea.
表示人的骨灰时，英语惯用复数 ashes，谓语动词也用复数 were；单数 ash 指灰烬这种物质，不指人的骨灰。
grammar · medium
易错句子This baseball bat is made of ashes.
正确表达This baseball bat is made of ash.
指梣木（白蜡木）这种木材时，ash 作不可数名词，通常不用复数 ashes；ashes 多指灰烬或骨灰。
火山灰
The volcanic ash grounded flights across Europe.
火山灰导致欧洲各地的航班停飞。
香烟灰
He tapped the cigarette ash into the ashtray.
他把香烟灰弹进烟灰缸。
梣树；白蜡树
The ash tree in our garden is over a hundred years old.
我们花园里的那棵梣树已有一百多年树龄。
火山灰云
The ash cloud spread over the island.
火山灰云蔓延到了岛上。
化为灰烬
The papers turned to ashes in the fire.
那些文件在火中化为灰烬。
从废墟中重新崛起；浴火重生
The city rose from the ashes after the war.
战后这座城市从废墟中重新崛起。
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