| 单词 | ash |
| 释义 | ash 1. n. 1. (often in pl.) the powdery residue left after the burning of any substance. 2. (pl.) the remains of the human body after cremation or disintegration. 3. (the Ashes) Cricket a trophy competed for regularly by Australia and England. 4. ashlike material thrown out by a volcano. Phrases and idioms ash blonde 1. a very pale blonde colour. 2. a person with hair of this colour. Ash Wednesday the first day of Lent (from the custom of marking the foreheads of penitents with ashes on that day). Etymology: OE {aelig}sce 2. n. 1. any forest-tree of the genus Fraxinus, with silver-grey bark, compound leaves, and hard, tough, pale wood. 2. its wood. 3. an Old English runic letter, = {aelig} (named from a word of which it was the first letter). Phrases and idioms ash-key the winged seed of the ash-tree, growing in clusters resembling keys. ash-plant a sapling from an ash-tree, used as a walking-stick etc. Etymology: OE {aelig}sc f. Gmc |
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