hearth
英 [hɑ?θ]
美[hɑrθ]
- n. 灶臺(tái)；爐邊；爐床；壁爐地面
- n. (Hearth)人名；(英)哈思
英英釋意
- 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"
- 2. home symbolized as a part of the fireplace;
- "driven from hearth and home"
- "fighting in defense of their firesides"
- 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"