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单词

hearth

读音
hɑːrθ
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"Hearth"这个单词的来自古英语的 "heorð", 其中 "heor-" 也可以在"hearthstone"(壁炉石)这个单词中看到。

释义

n. 灶台;炉边;炉床;壁炉地面 n. (Hearth)人名;(英)哈思 [ 复数 hearths ]

例句

The logs flamed on the hearth.
木柴在壁炉里燃烧。
He stoked up the fire in the hearth.
他给壁炉里的火添柴。
A log fire roared in the open hearth.
柴火在敞开着的壁炉里熊熊燃烧。

强化记忆

可以将 "hearth" 这个单词和 "heart"(心)这个相似的单词联想,记住 "heArth"是"a+heart",即有个"a"的"心",在壁炉旁围坐,这样可以更容易记住这个单词。"Hearth"这个单词源自古英语 "heorð",在欧洲古代,壁炉常常是房间的中心,人们围坐在壁炉旁取暖、做饭、谈论事务,因此"Hearth"常常在文学作品中象征家庭和日常生活的温暖。

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Her most important duty is keeping vigil over the flame of Vesta,the virgin goddess of the hearth.Vesta doesn't have a statue like other Roman gods and goddesses.
We named it after the goddess Hestia,the Greek goddess of the hearth and home,because we think the Earth became one.
his fingers slowly spreading a rosy sheenthat mixes softly with smoke rising from Tenochtitlan’s many hearth fires.The midwife, Xoquauhtli, has a difficult choice to make.
By the time they finish, it’s late, and the flames of the fire have died down.Xoquauhtli piles the remaining hot coals in the center of the hearth,stoking them to keep them going.
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