英语词汇“chimney”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

chimney

/ˈtʃɪmni

noun (plural chimneys)

1A vertical channel or pipe which conducts smoke and combustion gases up from a fire or furnace and typically through the roof of a building: a coal fire thrust yellow flames up the chimney a factory chimney...

A small town was nearby as I noticed some stone, slate roofed buildings with smoking chimneys all about.
Atop the huge craft were, here and there, clusters of brassy and silvery machinery, like boilers and furnaces, with shiny chimneys that belched no smoke, but seemed only to vent a thin steam.
Images are beamed into the ops center; the towers are smoking like chimneys over the furnaces of Hell.

1.1A chimney stack: the outlines of rooftops and chimneys stood out against the pale sky...

It is also set among some fine church towers and mill chimneys.
Its weathered wood-shingle walls, brick chimneys and prettily striped canopied windows are set amid the maple, birch and pine clad slopes of the Laurentian mountains.
today we take a look back at the days when slums, mill chimneys and river docks were a more common sight.

2A glass tube protecting the flame of a lamp: he trimmed the wick and put the glass chimney over the flame...

Add a few drops of ammonia to the rinse water for glass lamps, chimneys, and globes.
The improved draft system, utilizing a glass chimney, yielded a brighter light that burned more cleanly.
Candles are an inexpensive and easy-to-store lighting option, but to be safe, use them with glass chimneys.

3A very steep narrow cleft by which a rock face may be climbed: he slid fifty feet down a chimney, and became wedged there...

An offwidth is a crack which is too wide to use as a finger, hand or fist jam but too narrow to get right inside and climb as a chimney.
After a short crawl and a climb down a narrow chimney, South Chamber is reached.
Climb the obvious chimney / groove near the left hand end of the crag, stepping left at the top to finish up the steep wall above on excellent holds.

Origin

Middle English (denoting a fireplace or furnace): from Old French cheminee 'chimney, fireplace', from late Latin caminata, perhaps from camera caminata 'room with a fireplace', from Latin caminus 'forge, furnace', from Greek kaminos 'oven'.

A chimney was at first ‘a fireplace or furnace’ and comes via Old French from late Latin caminata, perhaps from camera caminata ‘room with a fireplace’, via Latin caminus ‘forge, furnace’ from Greek kaminos ‘oven’.

单词	chimney
释义	chimney /ˈtʃɪmni / noun (plural chimneys) 1A vertical channel or pipe which conducts smoke and combustion gases up from a fire or furnace and typically through the roof of a building: a coal fire thrust yellow flames up the chimney a factory chimney... A small town was nearby as I noticed some stone, slate roofed buildings with smoking chimneys all about. Atop the huge craft were, here and there, clusters of brassy and silvery machinery, like boilers and furnaces, with shiny chimneys that belched no smoke, but seemed only to vent a thin steam. Images are beamed into the ops center; the towers are smoking like chimneys over the furnaces of Hell. 1.1A chimney stack: the outlines of rooftops and chimneys stood out against the pale sky... It is also set among some fine church towers and mill chimneys. Its weathered wood-shingle walls, brick chimneys and prettily striped canopied windows are set amid the maple, birch and pine clad slopes of the Laurentian mountains. today we take a look back at the days when slums, mill chimneys and river docks were a more common sight. 2A glass tube protecting the flame of a lamp: he trimmed the wick and put the glass chimney over the flame... Add a few drops of ammonia to the rinse water for glass lamps, chimneys, and globes. The improved draft system, utilizing a glass chimney, yielded a brighter light that burned more cleanly. Candles are an inexpensive and easy-to-store lighting option, but to be safe, use them with glass chimneys. 3A very steep narrow cleft by which a rock face may be climbed: he slid fifty feet down a chimney, and became wedged there... An offwidth is a crack which is too wide to use as a finger, hand or fist jam but too narrow to get right inside and climb as a chimney. After a short crawl and a climb down a narrow chimney, South Chamber is reached. Climb the obvious chimney / groove near the left hand end of the crag, stepping left at the top to finish up the steep wall above on excellent holds. Origin Middle English (denoting a fireplace or furnace): from Old French cheminee 'chimney, fireplace', from late Latin caminata, perhaps from camera caminata 'room with a fireplace', from Latin caminus 'forge, furnace', from Greek kaminos 'oven'. A chimney was at first ‘a fireplace or furnace’ and comes via Old French from late Latin caminata, perhaps from camera caminata ‘room with a fireplace’, via Latin caminus ‘forge, furnace’ from Greek kaminos ‘oven’.
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