| 英语单词 | chimney |
|---|---|
| 英美音标 | 英 ['tʃɪmni] 美 ['tʃɪmni] |
| 中文释义 | n.烟囱 |
| 英语例句 | (1) The explosion toppled the old chimney. (2) The chimney is almost choked up with soot. (3) The smoke from chimney is spreading out in the sky. (4) I can hear a bird fluttering in the chimney. (5) The chimney exhales a thick smoke. |
| 中文例句 | (1) 这次爆炸把那个旧烟囱给炸倒了。 (2) 烟囱几乎被烟垢堵住了。 (3) 烟囱冒出的烟正在空中散开。 (4) 我听见一只鸟在烟囱里扑扑地拍翅。 (5) 这个烟囱冒出一股浓烟。 |
| vocabulary简明 | A chimney is the long, vertical, tunnel-like opening above a fireplace that provides a safe pathway for smoke — and the occasional Santa. It is also the name of the curvy glass flue in a hurricane lamp. |
| vocabulary扩展 | Ever since the use of fire indoors, it has been important to build a chimney to allow the smoke to escape. The word chimney comes ultimately from the Greek kaminos, "furnace," and in 13th-century Old French it became the more familiar looking cheminee, "fire place." As chimney fires became a serious problem, the chimney sweep became an important person, cleaning the soot from chimneys. Oh, and dancing on the rooftops. (Or not.) |
| 柯林斯解释 | 1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]烟囱 A chimney is a pipe through which smoke goes up into the air, usually through the roof of a building.
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