Hearth

(noun.) home symbolized as a part of the fireplace; 'driven from hearth and home'; 'fighting in defense of their firesides'.

(noun.) an area near a fireplace (usually paved and extending out into a room); 'they sat on the hearth and warmed themselves before the fire'.

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• A hob was the flat part of the open hearth where water and spirits were warmed; and the small table, at which people sat when so engaged, was called a nob. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• Selden, with a slight laugh, sat down beside her on the little sofa which projected from the hearth. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• Everything was in its place and order as he had always kept it, the little fire was newly trimmed, and the hearth was freshly swept. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• The forms of furnaces and means for lining and cooling the hearth and adjacent parts have received great attention. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• Yet how, on this dark and doleful evening, could you so suddenly rise on my lone hearth? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• He stood on the hearth of Aufidius's hall, facing the image of greatness fallen, but greater than ever in that low estate. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• The girl came in and walked across to the low table by the hearth and picked up the enameled-ware bowls and brought them to the table. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• Mr. Sykes now addressed Mr. Helstone, who stood on the hearth, his shovel-hat on his head, watching him significantly with his little, keen eyes. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• She swept up the hearth, asked at what time she should prepare tea, and quitted the room with the same wooden face with which she had entered it. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• Indeed, I have some schemes of my own, which you and I will talk about on our own hearth one day. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• He had taken her hand, half-banteringly, and was drawing her toward a low seat by the hearth; but she stopped and freed herself quietly. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• A cheerful fire blazes on the hearth; a tea-table, covered with a snowy cloth, stands prepared for the evening meal. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• In this room, after having had their quarters for the night allotted to them by two young Fathers, the travellers presently drew round the hearth. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• We shall sit with lighter bosoms on the hearth, to see the ashes of our fires turn gray and cold. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• By the bye, I must mind not to rise on your hearth with only a glass of water then: I must bring an egg at the least, to say nothing of fried ham. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• In order to ascertain how many hearths were in the house, it was necessary that the tax-gatherer should enter every room in it. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• In his description of this stove at that time Franklin also referred to the iron box stoves used by the Dutch, the iron plates extending from the hearths and sides, etc. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• He used stone for hearths (_e. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.

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