n.灰；灰燼

n.白蠟樹；白蠟木

(復)ashes：骨灰；廢墟；蒼白.

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. 木灰應被耙入或插進土壤里。

I wish he would refrain from scattering his ash all over the carpet. 我希望他不要將煙灰往地毯上亂彈。

The fire reduced the house to a mass of ash. 大火把房子燒成了灰燼。

ash往往指“(未散開的一團)灰”，如the ash of a cigar（煙灰）；

復數(shù)形式ashes也指“灰”，如burn to ashes，lay in ashes(此處的ashes不可改作ash)；

a few grey ashes的表達方式可以存在。

ash的基本意思是“灰”,指物體燒過后所留下的粉末; 也可指某地燒過后成為“灰燼,廢墟”; 還可指人死火化后的殘留物,即“骨灰”。