Definition of flue in English:

flue

noun fluːflu

1A duct for smoke and waste gases produced by a fire, a gas heater, a power station, or other fuel-burning installation.
烟道，排气管
no air rises up the chimney, usually because the flue is blocked
as modifier flue gases
Example sentencesExamples
- Don't block air vents, flues or chimneys and don't have indoor fires in rooms without ventilation.
- Do not block air vents, flues or chimneys and don't have indoor fires or stoves without proper ventilation to the outdoors.
- In this issue Niven deals with fitting a close-coupled open vent, while David Taylor provides advice on the installation of extended flues.
- However, if the damp problem has been rectified by correct installation of the stainless-steel flue, there is no need to seal the wall.
- Main causes of fatal accidents are blocked or leaky flues, poor ventilation, poor installation and maintenance, faulty appliances, or misuse.
- A stack thermometer installed on the stove flue will give you information on gases leaving the stove.
- Lining the flue will seal and insulate the chimney, maintaining high temperatures within the flue and preventing the smoke from condensing into soot.
- Vented units are designed to be permanently located next to an outside wall, so that the flue gas vent can be installed through a ceiling or directly through the wall to the outside.
- A crack in a fire flue was the most likely cause of that blaze, which ripped through the roof, dining room and wrecked a third of the castle on January 21.
- Poor servicing or installation of appliances, inadequate ventilation or blocked flues are usually to blame.
- However, Jon Goodwin, for the board, said work on items such as an extractor fan, fire door, gas flue and expansion joints was incomplete.
- British Energy is seeking Government approval to install a flue gas desulphurisation system in two generating units at Eggborough power station, near Selby.
- The grate or fire basket holds the flames and can be fitted with a gas burner, while the flue or chimney extracts the smoke.
- Six stainless steel flues vent forge smoke through the corrugated iron roof which is cut away at the ridge for a skylight that runs the length of the studio.
- The firm is to install flue gas desulphurisation equipment at the stations.
- The court was told that a subsequent safety check by Health and Safety officers revealed that the flue for the fire was wrongly fitted and carbon monoxide was spilling into the room.
- If central furnace/room heaters with flues are taken as the reference group, the relative risk for wall/floor heaters, both unvented and vented, is 13.
- For the same periods, the percentage of wall, floor furnaces, and room heaters without flues has decreased from 43% to 5%.
- Blocked flues and chimneys stop the gas escaping - this allows it to build up in a room where it could be breathed in.
- We climbed back onto our skidoos, tearing across country to a Lapp-style octagonal hut where we warmed our extremities at a roaring log fire under a central flue.
Synonyms
duct, tube, passage, channel, canal, conduit, shaft, air passage, airway, vent, well
funnel, chimney, chimney stack, smokestack
pipe, pipeline, outlet, inlet
1. 1.1 A channel for conveying heat.
  供暖管
  Example sentencesExamples
  As time progressed, these pots evolved into elaborate contraptions made of tin plates with flues and bends to increase heat contact, thus decreasing boiling time.
  This design has an additional high temperature mass located at the hottest part of the flue to provide several hours of stored heat for the Stirling engine.
  These models will have multiple flues for greater heat transfer surface, or a more submerged combustion chamber (so heat doesn't escape to the air, but is transferred to the water instead).
  Older boilers send a lot of the heat they generate out of the flue into the air.
  Synonyms
  chimney, vent, shaft

Origin

Late Middle English (denoting the mouthpiece of a hunting horn): of unknown origin. Current senses date from the late 16th century.

Rhymes

accrue, adieu, ado, anew, Anjou, aperçu, askew, ballyhoo, bamboo, bedew, bestrew, billet-doux, blew, blue, boo, boohoo, brew, buckaroo, canoe, chew, clew, clou, clue, cock-a-doodle-doo, cockatoo, construe, coo, Corfu, coup, crew, Crewe, cru, cue, déjà vu, derring-do, dew, didgeridoo, do, drew, due, endue, ensue, eschew, feu, few, flew, flu, foreknew, glue, gnu, goo, grew, halloo, hereto, hew, Hindu, hitherto, how-do-you-do, hue, Hugh, hullabaloo, imbrue, imbue, jackaroo, Jew, kangaroo, Karroo, Kathmandu, kazoo, Kiangsu, knew, Kru, K2, kung fu, Lahu, Lanzhou, Lao-tzu, lasso, lieu, loo, Lou, Manchu, mangetout, mew, misconstrue, miscue, moo, moue, mu, nardoo, new, non-U, nu, ooh, outdo, outflew, outgrew, peekaboo, Peru, pew, plew, Poitou, pooh, pooh-pooh, potoroo, pursue, queue, revue, roo, roux, rue, Selous, set-to, shampoo, shih-tzu, shoe, shoo, shrew, Sioux, skean dhu, skew, skidoo, slew, smew, snafu, sou, spew, sprue, stew, strew, subdue, sue, switcheroo, taboo, tattoo, thereto, thew, threw, thro, through, thru, tickety-boo, Timbuktu, tiramisu, to, to-do, too, toodle-oo, true, true-blue, tu-whit tu-whoo, two, vendue, view, vindaloo, virtu, wahoo, wallaroo, Waterloo, well-to-do, whereto, whew, who, withdrew, woo, Wu, yew, you, zoo

Definition of flue in US English:

flue

nounfluflo͞o

1A duct for smoke and waste gases produced by a fire, a gas heater, a power station, or other fuel-burning installation.
烟道，排气管
no air rises up the chimney, usually because the flue is blocked
as modifier flue gases
Example sentencesExamples
- A stack thermometer installed on the stove flue will give you information on gases leaving the stove.
- We climbed back onto our skidoos, tearing across country to a Lapp-style octagonal hut where we warmed our extremities at a roaring log fire under a central flue.
- If central furnace/room heaters with flues are taken as the reference group, the relative risk for wall/floor heaters, both unvented and vented, is 13.
- Vented units are designed to be permanently located next to an outside wall, so that the flue gas vent can be installed through a ceiling or directly through the wall to the outside.
- Do not block air vents, flues or chimneys and don't have indoor fires or stoves without proper ventilation to the outdoors.
- British Energy is seeking Government approval to install a flue gas desulphurisation system in two generating units at Eggborough power station, near Selby.
- Don't block air vents, flues or chimneys and don't have indoor fires in rooms without ventilation.
- Lining the flue will seal and insulate the chimney, maintaining high temperatures within the flue and preventing the smoke from condensing into soot.
- The firm is to install flue gas desulphurisation equipment at the stations.
- Blocked flues and chimneys stop the gas escaping - this allows it to build up in a room where it could be breathed in.
- Six stainless steel flues vent forge smoke through the corrugated iron roof which is cut away at the ridge for a skylight that runs the length of the studio.
- The grate or fire basket holds the flames and can be fitted with a gas burner, while the flue or chimney extracts the smoke.
- However, Jon Goodwin, for the board, said work on items such as an extractor fan, fire door, gas flue and expansion joints was incomplete.
- Main causes of fatal accidents are blocked or leaky flues, poor ventilation, poor installation and maintenance, faulty appliances, or misuse.
- A crack in a fire flue was the most likely cause of that blaze, which ripped through the roof, dining room and wrecked a third of the castle on January 21.
- In this issue Niven deals with fitting a close-coupled open vent, while David Taylor provides advice on the installation of extended flues.
- Poor servicing or installation of appliances, inadequate ventilation or blocked flues are usually to blame.
- The court was told that a subsequent safety check by Health and Safety officers revealed that the flue for the fire was wrongly fitted and carbon monoxide was spilling into the room.
- However, if the damp problem has been rectified by correct installation of the stainless-steel flue, there is no need to seal the wall.
- For the same periods, the percentage of wall, floor furnaces, and room heaters without flues has decreased from 43% to 5%.
Synonyms
duct, tube, passage, channel, canal, conduit, shaft, air passage, airway, vent, well
1. 1.1 A channel for conveying heat.
  供暖管
  Example sentencesExamples
  As time progressed, these pots evolved into elaborate contraptions made of tin plates with flues and bends to increase heat contact, thus decreasing boiling time.
  Older boilers send a lot of the heat they generate out of the flue into the air.
  This design has an additional high temperature mass located at the hottest part of the flue to provide several hours of stored heat for the Stirling engine.
  These models will have multiple flues for greater heat transfer surface, or a more submerged combustion chamber (so heat doesn't escape to the air, but is transferred to the water instead).
  Synonyms
  chimney, vent, shaft

Origin

Late Middle English (denoting the mouthpiece of a hunting horn): of unknown origin. Current senses date from the late 16th century.

单词	flue
释义	Definition of flue in English: flue noun fluːflu 1A duct for smoke and waste gases produced by a fire, a gas heater, a power station, or other fuel-burning installation. 烟道，排气管 no air rises up the chimney, usually because the flue is blocked as modifier flue gases Example sentencesExamples Don't block air vents, flues or chimneys and don't have indoor fires in rooms without ventilation. Do not block air vents, flues or chimneys and don't have indoor fires or stoves without proper ventilation to the outdoors. In this issue Niven deals with fitting a close-coupled open vent, while David Taylor provides advice on the installation of extended flues. However, if the damp problem has been rectified by correct installation of the stainless-steel flue, there is no need to seal the wall. Main causes of fatal accidents are blocked or leaky flues, poor ventilation, poor installation and maintenance, faulty appliances, or misuse. A stack thermometer installed on the stove flue will give you information on gases leaving the stove. Lining the flue will seal and insulate the chimney, maintaining high temperatures within the flue and preventing the smoke from condensing into soot. Vented units are designed to be permanently located next to an outside wall, so that the flue gas vent can be installed through a ceiling or directly through the wall to the outside. A crack in a fire flue was the most likely cause of that blaze, which ripped through the roof, dining room and wrecked a third of the castle on January 21. Poor servicing or installation of appliances, inadequate ventilation or blocked flues are usually to blame. However, Jon Goodwin, for the board, said work on items such as an extractor fan, fire door, gas flue and expansion joints was incomplete. British Energy is seeking Government approval to install a flue gas desulphurisation system in two generating units at Eggborough power station, near Selby. The grate or fire basket holds the flames and can be fitted with a gas burner, while the flue or chimney extracts the smoke. Six stainless steel flues vent forge smoke through the corrugated iron roof which is cut away at the ridge for a skylight that runs the length of the studio. The firm is to install flue gas desulphurisation equipment at the stations. The court was told that a subsequent safety check by Health and Safety officers revealed that the flue for the fire was wrongly fitted and carbon monoxide was spilling into the room. If central furnace/room heaters with flues are taken as the reference group, the relative risk for wall/floor heaters, both unvented and vented, is 13. For the same periods, the percentage of wall, floor furnaces, and room heaters without flues has decreased from 43% to 5%. Blocked flues and chimneys stop the gas escaping - this allows it to build up in a room where it could be breathed in. We climbed back onto our skidoos, tearing across country to a Lapp-style octagonal hut where we warmed our extremities at a roaring log fire under a central flue. Synonyms duct, tube, passage, channel, canal, conduit, shaft, air passage, airway, vent, well funnel, chimney, chimney stack, smokestack pipe, pipeline, outlet, inlet 1.1 A channel for conveying heat. 供暖管 Example sentencesExamples As time progressed, these pots evolved into elaborate contraptions made of tin plates with flues and bends to increase heat contact, thus decreasing boiling time. This design has an additional high temperature mass located at the hottest part of the flue to provide several hours of stored heat for the Stirling engine. These models will have multiple flues for greater heat transfer surface, or a more submerged combustion chamber (so heat doesn't escape to the air, but is transferred to the water instead). Older boilers send a lot of the heat they generate out of the flue into the air. Synonyms chimney, vent, shaft Origin Late Middle English (denoting the mouthpiece of a hunting horn): of unknown origin. Current senses date from the late 16th century. Rhymes accrue, adieu, ado, anew, Anjou, aperçu, askew, ballyhoo, bamboo, bedew, bestrew, billet-doux, blew, blue, boo, boohoo, brew, buckaroo, canoe, chew, clew, clou, clue, cock-a-doodle-doo, cockatoo, construe, coo, Corfu, coup, crew, Crewe, cru, cue, déjà vu, derring-do, dew, didgeridoo, do, drew, due, endue, ensue, eschew, feu, few, flew, flu, foreknew, glue, gnu, goo, grew, halloo, hereto, hew, Hindu, hitherto, how-do-you-do, hue, Hugh, hullabaloo, imbrue, imbue, jackaroo, Jew, kangaroo, Karroo, Kathmandu, kazoo, Kiangsu, knew, Kru, K2, kung fu, Lahu, Lanzhou, Lao-tzu, lasso, lieu, loo, Lou, Manchu, mangetout, mew, misconstrue, miscue, moo, moue, mu, nardoo, new, non-U, nu, ooh, outdo, outflew, outgrew, peekaboo, Peru, pew, plew, Poitou, pooh, pooh-pooh, potoroo, pursue, queue, revue, roo, roux, rue, Selous, set-to, shampoo, shih-tzu, shoe, shoo, shrew, Sioux, skean dhu, skew, skidoo, slew, smew, snafu, sou, spew, sprue, stew, strew, subdue, sue, switcheroo, taboo, tattoo, thereto, thew, threw, thro, through, thru, tickety-boo, Timbuktu, tiramisu, to, to-do, too, toodle-oo, true, true-blue, tu-whit tu-whoo, two, vendue, view, vindaloo, virtu, wahoo, wallaroo, Waterloo, well-to-do, whereto, whew, who, withdrew, woo, Wu, yew, you, zoo Definition of flue in US English: flue nounfluflo͞o 1A duct for smoke and waste gases produced by a fire, a gas heater, a power station, or other fuel-burning installation. 烟道，排气管 no air rises up the chimney, usually because the flue is blocked as modifier flue gases Example sentencesExamples A stack thermometer installed on the stove flue will give you information on gases leaving the stove. We climbed back onto our skidoos, tearing across country to a Lapp-style octagonal hut where we warmed our extremities at a roaring log fire under a central flue. If central furnace/room heaters with flues are taken as the reference group, the relative risk for wall/floor heaters, both unvented and vented, is 13. Vented units are designed to be permanently located next to an outside wall, so that the flue gas vent can be installed through a ceiling or directly through the wall to the outside. Do not block air vents, flues or chimneys and don't have indoor fires or stoves without proper ventilation to the outdoors. British Energy is seeking Government approval to install a flue gas desulphurisation system in two generating units at Eggborough power station, near Selby. Don't block air vents, flues or chimneys and don't have indoor fires in rooms without ventilation. Lining the flue will seal and insulate the chimney, maintaining high temperatures within the flue and preventing the smoke from condensing into soot. The firm is to install flue gas desulphurisation equipment at the stations. Blocked flues and chimneys stop the gas escaping - this allows it to build up in a room where it could be breathed in. Six stainless steel flues vent forge smoke through the corrugated iron roof which is cut away at the ridge for a skylight that runs the length of the studio. The grate or fire basket holds the flames and can be fitted with a gas burner, while the flue or chimney extracts the smoke. However, Jon Goodwin, for the board, said work on items such as an extractor fan, fire door, gas flue and expansion joints was incomplete. Main causes of fatal accidents are blocked or leaky flues, poor ventilation, poor installation and maintenance, faulty appliances, or misuse. A crack in a fire flue was the most likely cause of that blaze, which ripped through the roof, dining room and wrecked a third of the castle on January 21. In this issue Niven deals with fitting a close-coupled open vent, while David Taylor provides advice on the installation of extended flues. Poor servicing or installation of appliances, inadequate ventilation or blocked flues are usually to blame. The court was told that a subsequent safety check by Health and Safety officers revealed that the flue for the fire was wrongly fitted and carbon monoxide was spilling into the room. However, if the damp problem has been rectified by correct installation of the stainless-steel flue, there is no need to seal the wall. For the same periods, the percentage of wall, floor furnaces, and room heaters without flues has decreased from 43% to 5%. Synonyms duct, tube, passage, channel, canal, conduit, shaft, air passage, airway, vent, well 1.1 A channel for conveying heat. 供暖管 Example sentencesExamples As time progressed, these pots evolved into elaborate contraptions made of tin plates with flues and bends to increase heat contact, thus decreasing boiling time. Older boilers send a lot of the heat they generate out of the flue into the air. This design has an additional high temperature mass located at the hottest part of the flue to provide several hours of stored heat for the Stirling engine. These models will have multiple flues for greater heat transfer surface, or a more submerged combustion chamber (so heat doesn't escape to the air, but is transferred to the water instead). Synonyms chimney, vent, shaft Origin Late Middle English (denoting the mouthpiece of a hunting horn): of unknown origin. Current senses date from the late 16th century.
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