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词汇 ember
释义 ember
noun[ Cusually plural ]
uk /ˈem.bər/ us /ˈem.bɚ/
a piece of wood or coal, etc. that continues to burn after a fire has no more flames: 余火未尽的木块(或煤块)
glowing/dying emberWe sat by the glowing/dying embers of the fire.我们坐在余火未尽/将尽的炉火旁。
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ember | American Dictionary


ember
noun[ Cusually pl ]
us/ˈem·bərz/
a small piece of wood or coal that is burning without a flame:
glowing embers

Examples of ember


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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.
There is all the difficulty of raising embers which might have been burnt out.
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And we must understand the nature of the cold war—its unpredictability, its spurts of activity—which sometimes fan the embers into dangerous fires.
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I do not want to drag over all the embers of what happened in 1969.
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However, the ember of peace has not yet become a flame.
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I do not want to re-open old wounds or blow on the embers of past arguments.
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I do not think that, at this time, any advantage would be served by raking over those embers.
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The embers are there, and it would not take much to fan them into flame.
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I do not see any useful international purpose being served by raking over the embers of that row today.
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I do not want to rake over the embers of controversy of the past.
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I do not regard this as an occasion upon which to revive the embers of those discussions.
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You can rake up the dying embers of the past as much as you like.
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If one blows on the embers of any old controversy, the flames come up quite quickly.
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I would not want to do anything to stir up the smouldering embers of party venom which still exist.
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It is one of the last dying embers of the policy of subsidising the nationalised industries' price restraint policies.
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