chimney

noun

/ˈtʃɪmni/

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a structure through which smoke or steam is carried up away from a fire, etc. and through the roof of a building; the part of this that is above the roof
- He threw a bit of paper onto the fire and it flew up the chimney.
- the factory chimneys of an industrial landscape
- This chimney doesn’t draw very well.
- factory chimneys belching smoke over the town
Topics Buildingsc1, Houses and homesc1
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- high
- tall
- short
- …
verb + chimney
- clean
- sweep
chimney + verb
- belch something
- draw
chimney + noun
- breast
- flue
- piece
- …
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(specialist) a narrow opening in an area of rock that a person can climb up

Word OriginMiddle 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’.

单词	chimney
释义	chimney noun /ˈtʃɪmni/ /ˈtʃɪmni/ jump to other results enlarge image a structure through which smoke or steam is carried up away from a fire, etc. and through the roof of a building; the part of this that is above the roof He threw a bit of paper onto the fire and it flew up the chimney. the factory chimneys of an industrial landscape This chimney doesn’t draw very well. factory chimneys belching smoke over the town Topics Buildingsc1, Houses and homesc1 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective high tall short … verb + chimney clean sweep chimney + verb belch something draw chimney + noun breast flue piece … See full entry (specialist) a narrow opening in an area of rock that a person can climb up Word OriginMiddle 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’.
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