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by the hearth
表示在壁炉旁，常用于家庭温馨的场景。
The family gathered by the hearth to keep warm.
一家人围炉取暖。
炉床；壁炉前的地面；炉边
hearths — plural of hearth
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炉床；壁炉前的地面；炉边
the area around a fireplace, especially the stone floor in front; the place in a home where a fire is traditionally kept
The family gathered by the hearth to keep warm.
一家人围炉取暖。
家中传统上用于取暖和烹饪的地方,通常由至少一个炉石构成,常被后壁、壁炉、烤箱、烟罩或烟囱部分包围
The place in a home where a fire is or was traditionally kept for home heating and for cooking, usually constituted by at least a hearthstone and often enclosed to varying degrees by any combination of reredos, fireplace, oven, smoke hood, or chimney.
墙壁中烟囱底部可生火的开放凹处
an open recess in a wall at the base of a chimney where a fire can be built
炉石,作为独立存在或作为封闭壁炉或烤箱的地面
A hearthstone, either as standalone or as the floor of an enclosed fireplace or oven.
象征家庭的壁炉部分
home symbolized as a part of the fireplace
The family gathered around the hearth to keep warm on cold winter nights.
一家人围坐在壁炉旁，在寒冷的冬夜里取暖。
AI contextual example
She placed a log on the hearth and watched the fire grow.
她把一根木头放在壁炉炉膛上，看着火势变大。
AI contextual example
After dinner, the children sat by the hearth listening to stories.
晚饭后，孩子们坐在壁炉边听故事。
AI contextual example
he laid a fire in the hearth and lit it
他在壁炉里架好柴火,点着了火
WordNet
表示在壁炉旁，常用于家庭温馨的场景。
The family gathered by the hearth to keep warm.
一家人围炉取暖。
指放在炉灶或壁炉的平面上。
She placed a kettle of water on the hearth.
她把一壶水放在炉灶上。
固定短语，象征家庭和家园。
He longed for the comfort of hearth and home.
他渴望家庭的温暖。
Not this
He placed the logs in the heart.
Use this
He placed the logs in the hearth.
混淆了heart（心脏）和hearth（壁炉炉床），两者拼写相近但意义不同。
Not this
He hearths the wood.
Use this
He puts wood in the hearth.
hearth是名词，不能用作动词。表示将木头放入炉膛应用put wood in the hearth。
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家庭；家园
After a long journey, he longed for the comfort of hearth and home.
长途旅行后，他渴望家庭的舒适。
在炉边
They gathered at the hearth to tell stories.
他们聚集在炉边讲故事。
炉火
The hearth fire crackled warmly on the cold night.
寒冷的夜晚，炉火噼啪作响，温暖宜人。
炉前地毯
The cat slept on the hearth rug.
猫睡在炉前地毯上。
炉底石；灶台石
The ancient hearth stone was still in place.
古老的炉底石仍在原位。
家；家庭生活
After traveling for months, he longed for the comfort of hearth and home.
旅行几个月后，他渴望家庭的舒适。
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想象家的心脏（heart）在火炉（hearth）中跳动。
语域：formal 常见场景：家庭、文学、历史建筑 该词通常用于正式或文学语境，多出现在描述家庭温暖、历史建筑或传统生活的书面语中，日常口语中较少使用。
复数形式为 hearths。
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