ember（名词）：余烬；余火火快熄灭后仍在发红、带热的炭或木块碎片。也可引申指“残余的热情/情绪/希望”等（the embers of…）。
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The fire died down, leaving only embers.
火慢慢熄了，只剩下余烬。
She stared at the embers in the hearth, as if they could rekindle the courage she had lost.
她望着壁炉里的余烬，仿佛它们能重新点燃她失去的勇气。
源自古英语 merge / myrge，意为“燃烧的炭、余火”，进一步可追溯到日耳曼语系的更早词根，核心含义一直与“将熄未熄的火”有关。
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