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chimney

noun
🔊/ˈtʃɪmni/
🔊/ˈtʃɪmni/
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  1. 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
    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
    • …
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  2. (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
    3. 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’.