hearthstone

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈhɑːθstəʊn/    美 /ˈhɑɹθstoʊn/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A flat stone used to form a hearth.
    — I took a seat at the end of the hearthstone opposite that towards which my landlord advanced […].
  2. The fireside, home life. broadly,figuratively
    — I am going to my own hearth-stone, / Bosomed in yon green hills alone,
  3. A soft kind of stone used to whiten doorsteps, scour floors, etc.
    — Lastly, there is the hearth-stone barrow, piled up with hearth-stone, Bath-brick and lumps of whiting
动词 v.
  1. To scour, as a floor, with hearthstone. transitive
    — We've a woman come in twice a week, to scrub, and red-brick, and hearthstone, and black-lead, and the rest we manage ourselves.

词形变化

hearthstones plural hearth-stone alternative hearthstones present,singular,third-person hearthstoning participle,present hearthstoned participle,past hearthstoned past hearth-stone alternative

词源

词源 1
From hearth + stone.
词源 2
From hearth + stone.
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