单词 | flue |
释义 | flue flue1 /flooh/, n. 1. a passage or duct for smoke in a chimney. 2. any duct or passage for air, gas, or the like. 3. a tube, esp. a large one, in a fire-tube boiler. 4. Music. a. See flue pipe. b. Also called windway. a narrow slit in the upper end of an organ pipe through which the air current is directed. [1555-65; earlier flew, perh. repr. OE flewsa a flowing, the form flews being taken as pl.] flue2 /flooh/, n. downy matter; fluff. [1580-90; perh. to be identified with OE flug- (in flugol swift, fleeting); akin to FLY1. Compare LG flug] flue3 /flooh/, n. a fishing net. Also, flew. [1350-1400; ME flowe; cf. MD vluwe fishing net] |
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