cinder

cinder

英 ['sɪndə]
　　美 ['sɪndɚ]

n. 煤渣；灰燼
　　vt. 用煤渣等鋪
　　vi. 用煤渣等鋪路面

中文詞源：

cinder 灰渣，煤渣

來自古英語sinder,灰渣，礦渣，詞源同sinter,熔渣，來自PIE*sendhro,凝結，結塊。字母s 變為c 受不同詞源法語詞cendre(灰,來自拉丁語cinis)的影響。該詞詞義側重於成塊的灰，灰 渣，而不是灰燼。

例句：

1. The cakes were burnt to a cinder.
餅烤猵胡瞭.

2. But he took off his sweater and they began jogging slowly around the cinder track.
不過,他還是脫瞭厚毛衣,兩人開始沿煤渣跑道慢慢地晃著跑起來.

3. You've burnt the toast to a cinder , ie so that it is hard and black.
你把面包片烤焦瞭.

4. Instead of being liked, he was dead, a bleeding cinder on the barbarous fire pile.
他沒有得到人憐愛, 反而鮮血淋淋地躺在熊熊燃燒的烈火堆上,化為灰燼,離開瞭人世.

5. The pie and potatoes are burned to a cinder ( a crisp )
餡餅和土豆都燒焦瞭.