hearth

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n. 炉床, 灶台, 炉边 [化] 锻造炉; 敞炉; 炉缸; 炉床; 火床; 炉膛

发音

UK /hɑːθ/
US /hɑɹθ/
/hɜːɹθ/
/hæθ/

词形变化

hearths 复数 hearths

别名

harth

教材释义与例句

名词

灶台;炉边;炉床;壁炉地面

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The place in a home where a fire is or was traditionally kept for home heating and for cooking, usually constituted by at least a hearthstone and often enclosed to varying degrees by any combination of reredos, fireplace, oven, smoke hood, or chimney.

  2. 2.

    A hearthstone, either as standalone or as the floor of an enclosed fireplace or oven.

    炉床

    炉边

    cooking on an open hearth

  3. 3.

    A fireplace: an open recess in a wall at the base of a chimney where a fire may be built.

  4. 4.

    The lowest part of a metallurgical furnace.

  5. 5.

    A brazier, chafing dish, or firebox.

  6. 6.

    Home or family life.

    比喻
  7. 7.

    A household or group in some forms of the modern pagan faith Heathenry.

    宗教

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词源

From Middle English herth, herthe, from Old English heorþ, from Proto-West Germanic *herþ, from Proto-Germanic *herþaz, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *kerh₃- (“heat; fire”). Cognate with West Frisian hurd, Dutch haard, German Herd, Swedish härd.

来源:wiktionary