| 释义 |
chimney/ˈtʃimni/n. (pl. -eys) 1 a vertical channel conducting smoke or combustion gases etc. up and away from a fire, furnace, engine, etc. (火炉、发动机等的)烟囱，烟道 2 the part of this which projects above a roof 烟囱管(烟囱高出屋顶的部分) 3 a glass tube protecting the flame of a lamp (油灯的)玻璃灯罩 4 a narrow vertical crack in a rock face, often used by mountaineers to ascend (岩石间可供攀登的)管状裂缝 [Middle English via Old French cheminée and Late Latin caminata ‘having a fireplace’, via Latin caminus from Greek kaminos ‘oven’] |