名词

1. 壁炉地面;壁炉炉床
The hearth is the floor of a fireplace, which sometimes extends into the room.

2. 温暖舒适的家庭生活
A person's home and family life can be referred to as their hearth and home .

1. an open recess in a wall at the base of a chimney where a fire can be built

e.g. the fireplace was so large you could walk inside it
he laid a fire in the hearth and lit it
the hearth was black with the charcoal of many fires

Synonym: fireplaceopen fireplace

2. home symbolized as a part of the fireplace

e.g. driven from hearth and home
fighting in defense of their firesides

Synonym: fireside

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

e.g. they sat on the hearth and warmed themselves before the fire

Synonym: fireside