| 单词 | hearth |
| 释义 | hearth (once / 521 pages) n If you are warming yourself by the fireplace, you are sitting by the hearth. The noun hearth refers to a fireplace and the area around it. Hearth refers specifically to the paved floor of a fireplace, which may extend out into a room. Hearths are associated with home and family because the hearth was historically the main source of heat in the home, as well as where the cooking was done. As a result, family members often gathered together around the hearth. The importance of the hearth has made it symbolic of the home, as in the phrase "hearth and home." WORD FAMILYhearth: hearths USAGE EXAMPLESThis year, she included a fresh lime wreath propped up on her hearth. Washington Post(Dec 20, 2016) Original home of town harbor master; features original nine-over-nine windows, wood floors, multiple brick hearths. Washington Times(Dec 01, 2016) Stones in the hearth came even farther, from Arkansas. Seattle Times(Nov 11, 2016) 1n an open recess in a wall at the base of a chimney where a fire can be built he laid a fire in the hearth and lit it the hearth was black with the charcoal of many fires Syn|Hypo|Hyper fireplace, open fireplace fire a fireplace in which a relatively small fire is burning cookfirea fire for cooking niche, recess an enclosure that is set back or indented 2n an area near a fireplace (usually paved and extending out into a room) they sat on the hearth and warmed themselves before the fire Syn|Hyper fireside area, country a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography) 3n home symbolized as a part of the fireplace driven from hearth and home Syn|Hyper fireside abode, domicile, dwelling, dwelling house, habitation, home housing that someone is living in |
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