| 单词 | chimney |
| 释义 | Related topics: Buildings, Geographychim·ney /ˈtʃɪmni/ ●●○ noun [countable] 1 TBBa vertical pipe that allows smoke from a fire to pass out of a building up into the air, or the part of this pipe that is above the roof （烟囱管），烟道 We can’t light a fire because the chimney hasn’t been swept. 烟囱管没有清扫过，我们生不了火。 →4 See picture of 见图 chimney →4 See picture of 见图 ROOF →5 see picture at 见图 roof12 a tall vertical structure containing a chimney 烟囱 → smokestack a factory chimney 工厂的烟囱3. technicalSG a narrow opening in tall rocks or cliffs that you can climb up 〔岩石或悬崖间可容人攀登的〕裂口，裂缝4. smoke like a chimney if someone smokes like a chimney, they smoke a lot of cigarettes or tobacco – used humorously 烟瘾很大〔幽默用法〕Examples from the Corpuschimney• Smoke drifted from a chimney.• You don't need a chimney of those proportions nowadays.• Remember your load-bearing walls and chimneys from the roof inspection?• Smoke poured from the central chimney, the rich, black coal smoke from the furnace.• Check chimney flues and heating equipment in summer and do maintenance, make repairs or replace an outmoded system.• Half way down the row of chimneys is the well.• She is preoccupied with the chimney opposite her balcony, against which a shape is leaning.• White chimney smoke is the traditional signal that a new pope has been chosen.Origin chimney (1200-1300) Old French cheminée, from Late Latin caminata, from Latin caminus “fireplace”, from Greek kaminoschim·ney nounChineseSyllable smoke allows pipe a Corpus from a vertical that |
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