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flue

/floo/US // flu //UK // (fluː) //

烟道,烟囱

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a passage or duct for smoke in a chimney.
    • : any duct or passage for air, gas, or the like.
    • : a tube, especially a large one, in a fire-tube boiler.
    • : Music. flue pipe. Also called windway .a narrow slit in the upper end of an organ pipe through which the air current is directed.

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Examples

  • This can also crack or break your flue liner, allowing deadly combustion gases from your furnace, fireplace, or water heater to accumulate inside your home.

  • If you have a fireplace, ensure that it’s been properly maintained and that the flue is open for smoke to escape out the chimney.

  • The point was to evaluate the possibility of using minerals to capture and store the gas from the flue stream of a power plant.

  • Cavaill-Coll subsequently utilized slightly increased pressures for the trebles of his flue stops as well as for his larger reeds.

  • The flue from the engine is carried through the drying room and dries his leather.

  • He was the first to show that reeds could be made really beautiful and fit for use without help from flue stops.

  • In the Pedal department no reed or flue pipe can begin to compare with a Diaphone, either in attack or in volume of tone.

  • The inner or first tube forms the fire-place and flue, and at the same time the inner side of the boiler.