hearth 音标拼音: [h'ɑrθ]
n . 炉床,灶台,炉边
炉床,?台,炉边
hearth n 1 :
an open recess in a wall at the base of a chimney where a fire can be built ; "
the fireplace was so large you could walk inside it "; "
he laid a fire in the hearth and lit it ";
"
the hearth was black with the charcoal of many fires "
[
synonym : {
fireplace }, {
hearth }, {
open fireplace }]
2 :
home symbolized as a part of the fireplace ; "
driven from hearth and home "; "
fighting in defense of their firesides "
[
synonym : {
hearth }, {
fireside }]
3 :
an area near a fireplace (
usually paved and extending out into a room ); "
they sat on the hearth and warmed themselves before the fire " [
synonym : {
hearth }, {
fireside }]
Hearth \
Hearth \ (
h [
aum ]
rth ),
n . [
OE .
harthe ,
herth ,
herthe ,
AS .
heor [
eth ];
akin to D .
haard ,
heerd ,
Sw .
h [
aum ]
rd ,
G .
herd ;
cf .
Goth .
ha ['
u ]
ri a coal ,
Icel .
hyrr embers ,
and L .
cremare to burn .]
1 .
The pavement or floor of brick ,
stone ,
or metal in a chimney ,
on which a fire is made ;
the floor of a fireplace ;
also ,
a corresponding part of a stove .
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1913 Webster ]
There was a fire on the hearth burning before him .
--
Jer .
xxxvi .
22 .
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Where fires thou find '
st unraked and hearths unswept .
There pinch the maids as blue as bilberry . --
Shak .
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2 .
The house itself ,
as the abode of comfort to its inmates and of hospitality to strangers ;
fireside .
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Household talk and phrases of the hearth .
--
Tennyson .
3 . (
Metal . &
Manuf .)
The floor of a furnace ,
on which the material to be heated lies ,
or the lowest part of a melting furnace ,
into which the melted material settles ;
as ,
an open -
hearth smelting furnace .
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1913 Webster PJC ]
{
Hearth ends } (
Metal .),
fragments of lead ore ejected from the furnace by the blast .
{
Hearth money }, {
Hearth penny } [
AS .
heor [
eth ]
pening ],
a tax formerly laid in England on hearths ,
each hearth (
in all houses paying the church and poor rates )
being taxed at two shillings ; --
called also {
chimney money },
etc .
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1913 Webster ]
He had been importuned by the common people to relieve them from the . . .
burden of the hearth money . --
Macaulay .
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1913 Webster ]
41 Moby Thesaurus words for "
hearth ":
ancestral halls ,
brood ,
children ,
chimney ,
chimney corner ,
family ,
family homestead ,
fender ,
fire screen ,
fireboard ,
fireguard ,
fireplace ,
fireside ,
flue ,
folks ,
foyer ,
get ,
hearth and home ,
hearthstone ,
hob ,
home ,
home place ,
home roof ,
home sweet home ,
homefolks ,
homestead ,
house ,
household ,
hub ,
ingle ,
inglenook ,
ingleside ,
issue ,
menage ,
offspring ,
paternal roof ,
people ,
roof ,
rooftree ,
smokehole ,
toft
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