中文翻译与英英解释

n.
1.壁炉地面。
2.炉边；〔比喻〕家庭。
3.【冶金】(平炉的)炉床；(高炉的)炉膛，炉缸。
短语和例子
hearth and home 家园。

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"
同义词：fireplace, open fireplace,

home symbolized as a part of the fireplace; "driven from hearth and home"; "fighting in defense of their firesides"
同义词：fireside,

an area near a fireplace (usually paved and extending out into a room); "they sat on the hearth and warmed themselves before the fire"
同义词：fireside,

In historic and modern usage, a hearth () is a brick- or stone-lined fireplace, with or without an oven, used for heating and originally also used for cooking food. For centuries, the hearth was such an integral part of a home, usually its central and most important feature, that the concept has been generalized to refer to a homeplace or household, as in the terms "hearth and home" and "keep the home fires burning".

例句与用法

Lipton gathered his energies, and left the hearth .
利普顿振作起精神，离开了炉火。

She came and sat in a chair before the hearth .
她走过来，在炉子前面的椅子上坐下。

A large cat was lying on the hearth and grinning from ear to ear .
一只大猫正趴在炉边，它正咧着嘴笑。

He stammered, and turning his back on her walked toward the hearth .
他口齿不清地说，然后背向她朝壁炉走去。

He had not come out to the south seas seeking hearth and saddle of his own .
他不是为了自己成家发财才远征南太平洋。

Would they ever find themselves again in the midst of their friends round the domestic hearth ?
他们还能不能回来和朋友们欢聚？

I 've laid the fire in the hearth , all you have to do is to put a match to it ..
我已在火炉里放好木柴，作好了生火准备，你只要把它点燃就行了。

I suppose this resemblance disarmed mr. heathcilff: he walked to the hearth in evident agitation .
我猜想这种相象使希刺克厉夫缓和了：他显然很激动地走到炉边。

It was so quiet in the cave, suddenly, that he could hear the hissing noise the wood made burning on the hearth where pilar cooked .
山洞里顿时鸦雀无声，他听得到比拉尔烧饭的炉灶里柴火发出的咝咝声。

An arched marble fireplace held its little basket of red flameless heat, and hand-painted coal-scuttle stood on the hearth .
一个半圆形的大理石壁炉燃烧着一小盆没有火焰的通红的炉火，炉边放着一只用手工涂着绘画的煤斗。