fireside

英 ['faɪəsaɪd] 美 ['faɪərsaɪd]

• n. 炉边；家
• adj. 在火炉边的

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 炉边
2. 家庭，家
3. 家属
4. 家庭生活
5. 一家团圆
6. 法尔赛德（音译名）

adj. 形容词

1. 炉边的
2. 无拘束的
3. 亲切的

英英释义

Noun:

1. an area near a fireplace (usually paved and extending out into a room);

   "they sat on the hearth and warmed themselves before the fire"
   

2. home symbolized as a part of the fireplace;

   "driven from hearth and home"
   "fighting in defense of their firesides"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. Fire is good for the fireside.
   火在炉内尽其用。
2. He sat by the fireside drinking coffee.
   他坐在炉边喝着咖啡。
3. Far away from home, the overseas student dreamt of returning to his own fireside.
   这位远离家乡的海外学生渴望着回家。

用作形容词 (adj.)

1. In England they became fireside favourites.
   在英国,它们成了人们爱不释手的家庭读物。
2. President Roosevelt in 1940 has published the famous "fireside chats".
   1940年罗斯福总统发表了著名的“炉边谈话”。

经典引文

• Fireside chats from Number 10 Downing Street.

  出自：Observer

• He talked of his private meetings with Gorbachev..the 'fireside summit'.

  出自：New Yorker

近反义词

【近义词】

• hearth 炉床
• domicile 住所
• residence 住宅
• fireplace 壁炉
• inglenook 炉边
• chimney corner 炉角