fireside

英 [ˈfaɪəsaɪd]

美 [ˈfaɪərsaɪd]

n.  炉边

复数：firesides　

TEM8

BNC.19556 / COCA.22071

牛津词典

noun

• 炉边
  the part of a room beside the fire
  1. sitting by the fireside
     坐在炉边

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 炉边;炉火旁
  If you sit bythefiresidein a room, you sit near the fire.
  1. ...winter evenings by the fireside.
     在炉火旁度过的那些冬夜
  2. ...cosy fireside chats.
     围炉畅聊

英英释义

noun

• home symbolized as a part of the fireplace
  1. driven from hearth and home
  2. fighting in defense of their firesides
  Synonym:hearth
• an area near a fireplace (usually paved and extending out into a room)
  1. they sat on the hearth and warmed themselves before the fire
  Synonym:hearth

双语例句

• Roosevelt was a media man: he inaugurated radio fireside chats and could be as good a speaker as Churchill.
  小罗斯福是一个媒体人：他开创了炉边谈话的广播讲话形式，需要的时候他的口才甚至可以赶上丘吉尔。
• The old world of fireside chats among G-7 leaders is gone.
  发展中国家的收入增加及经济增长意味着其影响力的加强。七国集团炉边谈话式的旧有世界格局已经不复存在。
• Sooner than sit by the fireside, he'd prefer to take a long talk.
  他宁愿去远途散步，也不愿在炉旁闲坐没事干。
• In England they became fireside favourites.
  在美国，它们成了人们爱不释手的家庭读物。
• They became called "fireside chats", because they seemed like cordial one-on-one conversations.
  这些广播谈话后被称作“炉边谈话”，因为它们看上去就像诚恳的一对一谈话。
• Reading a good book is like having a fireside chat with a close friend.
  在静静的空间里读一本好书，如同冬日里围坐一盆炭火和挚友谈心。
• Fire be good for the fireside.
  火在炉内尽其用。
• The three Bassets were already in residence draped snoring on the fireside rug, but they seemed to be used to Debbie.
  那3只短腿猎犬已经四肢舒展地躺在壁炉边的铺垫上呼噜呼噜地睡觉了，但它们看来很习惯戴比。
• We meet at the post-office, and at the sociable, and about the fireside every night;
  我们相会于邮局，于社交场所，每晚在炉火边；
• You can knit a sweater by the fireside. Sunday mornings, go for a ride.
  你可以在温暖的火炉旁织毛衣，或在星期天早上，骑车出游。