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flue 音标拼音: [fl'u] n. 烟洞,烟道,暖气管,渔网,蓬松的东西 烟洞,烟道,暖气管,渔网,蓬松的东西 flue n 1: flat bladelike projection on the arm of an anchor [ synonym: { fluke}, { flue}] 2: organ pipe whose tone is produced by air passing across the sharp edge of a fissure or lip [ synonym: { flue pipe}, { flue}, { labial pipe}] 3: a conduit to carry off smokeFlue \ Flue\ ( fl[= u]), n. [ Cf. F. flou light, tender, G. flau weak, W. llwch dust. [ root] 84.] Light down, such as rises from cotton, fur, etc.; very fine lint or hair. -- Dickens. [ 1913 Webster]
Flue \ Flue\ ( fl[= u]), n. [ Cf. OF. flue a flowing, fr. fluer to flow, fr. L. fluere ( cf. { Fluent}); a perh. a corruption of E. flute.] 1. An inclosed passage way for establishing and directing a current of air, gases, etc.; an air passage; esp.: ( a) A compartment or division of a chimney for conveying flame and smoke to the outer air. ( b) A passage way for conducting a current of fresh, foul, or heated air from one place to another. ( c) ( Steam Boiler) A pipe or passage for conveying flame and hot gases through surrounding water in a boiler; -- distinguished from a tube which holds water and is surrounded by fire. Small flues are called { fire tubes} or simply tubes. [ 1913 Webster] 2. In an organ flue pipe, the opening between the lower lip and the languet. [ Webster 1913 Suppl.] { Flue boiler}. See under { Boiler}. { Flue bridge}, the separating low wall between the flues and the laboratory of a reverberatory furnace. { Flue plate} ( Steam Boiler), a plate to which the ends of the flues are fastened; -- called also { flue sheet}, { tube sheet}, and { tube plate}. { Flue surface} ( Steam Boiler), the aggregate surface of flues exposed to flame or the hot gases. [ 1913 Webster] 72 Moby Thesaurus words for " flue": air, blubber, breeze, bubble, butter, chaff, chimney, chimney corner, chip, clay, cobweb, cork, cushion, dough, down, dust, eiderdown, ether, fairy, feather, feather bed, feathers, fender, fire screen, fireboard, fireguard, fireplace, fireside, fleece, floss, flue pipe, fluff, foam, froth, fumarole, funnel, fur, fuzz, gossamer, hearth, hearthstone, hob, hub, ingle, inglenook, ingleside, kapok, lint, mote, pile, pillow, plush, pudding, puff, putty, rubber, satin, silk, smokehole, smokeshaft, smokestack, sponge, spume, stack, stovepipe, straw, swansdown, thistledown, velvet, wax, wool, zephyr
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