单词 | hearth |
释义 | hearth (härth) n. 1. a. The floor of a fireplace, usually extending into a room and paved with brick, flagstone, or cement. b. A fireplace: a blazing fire in the hearth. 2. Family life; the home. 3. Metallurgy a. The lowest part of a blast furnace or cupola, from which the molten metal flows. b. The bottom of a reverberatory furnace, where ore is exposed to the flame. 4. The fireplace or brazier of a blacksmith's forge. [Middle English herth, from Old English heorth; see ker-3 in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] hearth |
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