a vertical channel or pipe which conducts smoke and combustion gases up from a fire or furnace and typically through the roof of a building 烟囱,烟筒 ■a chimney stack 烟囱管 ■a glass tube protecting the flame of a lamp 玻璃灯罩 ■a very steep narrow cleft by which a rock face may be climbed 岩石表面裂缝
语源
Middle English (denoting a fireplace or furnace): from Old French cheminee 'chimney, fireplace', from late Latin caminata, perhaps from camera caminata 'room with a fireplace', from Latin caminus 'forge, furnace', from Greek kaminos 'oven'