Ashname/ˈæʃ/

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  human-sciencesmysticismmythologyThe Egyptian god of oases.

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  Oisc, also spelled Æsc or Ash, an Anglo-Saxon king of Kent

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  A topographic surname from Middle English for someone who lived near ash trees.

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  A unisex given name transferred from the surname.

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  A diminutive of the unisex given names Ashley or Ashleigh.

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  A diminutive of the female given names Ashlie, Ashlee, Ashly, or Ashanti.

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  A place name:

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  A place name:

ashnoun詞源 1/ˈæʃ/

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  The solid remains of a fire.

  • The audience was more captivated by the growing ash at the end of his cigarette than by his words.
  • Ash from a fireplace can restore minerals to your garden's soil.
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  chemistrynatural-sciencesphysical-sciencesThe nonaqueous remains of a material subjected to any complete oxidation process.

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  Fine particles from a volcano, volcanic ash.

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  Human (or animal) remains after cremation.

  • The urn containing his ashes was eventually removed to a closet.
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  archaicMortal remains in general.

  • Napoleon’s ashes are not yet extinguished, and we’re breathing in their sparks.
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  The aftermath or remains of a catastrophe.

  • Now, it's Haiti that needs help to rebuild and rise from the ashes [of an earthquake].
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  A gray color, similar to that of the remains of a fire.

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  cellular-automatacomputingengineeringThe resultant remaining more stable patterns that emerge from the evolution of a soup or a similarly random pattern.

ashverb詞源 1/ˈæʃ/

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  chemistrynatural-sciencesphysical-sciencesTo reduce to a residue of ash. See ashing.

  • I dried the extracted leather very slowly on the steam bath […] until the substance was dry enough to ash. […] I think that the discrepancy in the percentages of "total ash" by method No. 2 and No. 6 is due to this excessive heat required to ash the leather […]
  • The inorganic material left after ashing lung tissue specimens not only contains inhaled particles but also very large quantities of inorganic residue derived from the tissue itself.
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  To hit the end off (a burning cigar or cigarette).

  • "Nonsense," Mrs. Gardiner challenged, ashing her cigarette.
  • He realized that he was standing staring at her and he sat down quickly, making a business of ashing his cigarette.
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  ChristianityTo mark (someone) with an ashen cross on the forehead to observe Ash Wednesday.

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  obsoleteTo cover newly-sown fields of crops with ashes.

  • Last spring, after I planted, I took what ashes I have saved during the last year, and put on my corn […] . On harvesting I cut up the two rows which were not ashed (or twenty rods of them,) and set them apart from the others in stouts; and then I cut up two rows of the same length, on each side, which had been ashed, […]
  • After the corn was planted, upon acre A, I spread broadcast one hundred bushels of lime, (cost $3) and fifty bushels of ashes, (cost $6.) […] The extra crop of the combination over the limed acre or ashed, was paid by the increased crop, […]

ashnoun詞源 2/ˈæʃ/

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  A shade tree of the genus Fraxinus.

  • The ash trees are dying off due to emerald ash borer.
  • The woods planted in ash will see a different mix of species.
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  Any tree of certain species of other genera.

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  The wood of this tree.

  • English soldiers handled sturdy bows of yew, ash, or elm, which could propel an iron-tipped arrow as far as a hundred yards.
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  The traditional name for the ae ligature (æ), as used in Old English.

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：

• aush
• as hell or as heck