Hearth

[hɑːθ] or [hɑrθ]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) home symbolized as a part of the fireplace; 'driven from hearth and home'; 'fighting in defense of their firesides'.

(noun.) an area near a fireplace (usually paved and extending out into a room); 'they sat on the hearth and warmed themselves before the fire'.

編輯:帕梅拉--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(n.) 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.

(n.) The house itself, as the abode of comfort to its inmates and of hospitality to strangers; fireside.

(n.) 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.

艾莉森校對

同義詞及近義詞：

n. Fireside, home, hearth-stone.

艾伯特整理

解釋/意思:

n. the part of the floor on which the fire is made: the fireside: the house itself: the home-circle: the lowest part of a blast-furnace: a brazier chafing-dish or fire-box.—ns. Hearth′-mon′ey Hearth′-penn′y Hearth′-tax a tax in England formerly laid upon hearths; Hearth′-rug a rug used for covering the hearth-stone; Hearth′-stone a stone forming a hearth the fireside: a soft stone used for whitening hearths doorsteps &c.

編輯:苏珊娜