a structure through which smoke or steam is carried up away from a fire, etc. and through the roof of a building; the part of this that is above the roof 烟囱；烟道；（屋顶上的）烟囱管 
He threw a bit of paper onto the fire and it flew up the chimney. 他把一小片纸扔进火里，纸飘进了烟道。 the factory chimneys of an industrial landscape 工厂烟囱林立的工业区景观 This chimney doesn’t draw very well. 这个烟囱抽油烟效果不好。 factory chimneys belching smoke over the town 工厂烟囱冒出的烟雾笼罩着小镇
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- high
- tall
- short
- …
- clean
- sweep
- belch something
- draw
- breast
- flue
- piece
- …
- (specialist)
a narrow opening in an area of rock that a person can climb up （岩石间可供攀登的）狭孔，狭缝
Word OriginMiddle English (denoting a fireplace or furnace): from Old French cheminee ‘chimney, fireplace’, from late Latin caminata, perhaps from camera caminata ‘room with a fireplace’, from Latin caminus ‘forge, furnace’, from Greek kaminos ‘oven’.