chimney

chimney
(pl. -eys)
  1. 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
  1. 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'
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