单词 | chimney |
释义 | chim·ney (chĭmnē) n. pl. chim·neys 1. a. A passage through which smoke and gases escape from a fire or furnace; a flue. b. The usually vertical structure containing a chimney. c. The part of such a structure that rises above a roof. 2. Chiefly British A smokestack, as of a ship or locomotive. 3. A glass tube for enclosing the flame of a lamp. 4. Something, such as a narrow cleft in a cliff, resembling a chimney. [Middle English chimenei, from Old French cheminee, from Late Latin camīnāta, fireplace, from Latin camīnus, furnace, from Greek kamīnos.] |
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