An ashtray is a small dish or bowl for smokers. You tap a cigarette so the grey powder — the ash — falls in, and when the cigarette is finished you press it out there too.

An ashtrayAshtray is指的是 a small dish or bowl for smokers給吸菸者用的一個小碟子或小碗。You tap a cigarette你把菸輕輕敲一下 so the grey powder — the ash — falls in讓那些灰色粉末，也就是菸灰，掉進去, and when the cigarette is finished you press it out there too菸抽完了也在裡面把它按熄。

People used to leave them on every café table, in cars, even beside the sofa; though actually, now that many indoor places ban smoking, you see far fewer of them than your parents did.

People used to leave them on every café table, in cars, even beside the sofa以前每張咖啡店的桌上、車裡，甚至沙發旁邊都會放一個; though actually不過其實, now that many indoor places ban smoking現在很多室內場所都禁菸了, you see far fewer of them than your parents did你看到的數量比你爸媽那個年代少得多了。

They can be glass, metal, or ceramic, sometimes heavy so they do not tip, sometimes a tiny folding one for a pocket. The word is everyday, not fancy.

They can be glass, metal, or ceramic它們可以是玻璃、金屬或陶瓷做的, sometimes heavy so they do not tip有時做得很重才不會翻倒, sometimes a tiny folding one for a pocket有時候是可以放進口袋的小折疊款。The word is everyday, not fancy這個字很普通，不是什麼講究的用詞。

People also stretch it a little: a room or a car that smells of old smoke might get called “an ashtray,” as a complaint, not as the name of an object.

People also stretch it a little人們也會稍微延伸這個字的用法: a room or a car that smells of old smoke一個充滿舊菸味的房間或車子 might get called "an ashtray,"可能會被說成「一個菸灰缸」, as a complaint, not as the name of an object這是抱怨的說法，不是真的在講一個物品的名稱。