"lum" in Chinese (Simplified)

• 烟囱（苏格兰方言）

Definition

'Lum' 是苏格兰英语中表示'烟囱'的词，指的是房屋里让火产生的烟排出去的部分。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))

'Lum' 是一种苏格兰地方用语，主要出现在传统歌曲、谚语或文学中。日常生活或标准英语中更常用 'chimney'。

Examples

Smoke comes out of the lum when there is a fire inside.

屋里有火时，烟会从**烟囱**排出去。

The old house had a big stone lum.

那座老房子有一个很大的石头**烟囱**。

Birds sometimes build nests in the lum.

鸟有时会在**烟囱**里筑巢。

First thing in the morning, smoke was curling out the cottage lum.

一大早，烟就从小屋的**烟囱**袅袅升起。

In some Scottish songs, you hear about 'keeping the lum reekin''—it means keeping the fire, and the home, alive.

在一些苏格兰歌曲中你会听到“keep the **烟囱** reekin'”，意思是让火和家一直有活力。

They climbed onto the roof to clear the lum after it got blocked.

他们爬到屋顶上清理被堵住的**烟囱**。