chimney
noun /ˈtʃɪmni/
/ˈtʃɪmni/
- enlarge imagea 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
烟囱;烟道;(屋顶上的)烟囱管 - He threw a bit of paper onto the fire and it flew up the chimney.
他把一小片纸扔进火里,纸飘进了烟道。 - the factory chimneys of an industrial landscape
工厂烟囱林立的工业区景观 - This chimney doesn’t draw very well.
这个烟囱抽油烟效果不好。 - factory chimneys belching smoke over the town
工厂烟囱冒出的烟雾笼罩着小镇
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- high
- tall
- short
- …
- clean
- sweep
- belch something
- draw
- breast
- flue
- piece
- …
- He threw a bit of paper onto the fire and it flew up the chimney.
- (specialist) a narrow opening in an area of rock that a person can climb up
(岩石间可供攀登的)狭孔,狭缝
词源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’.