English Dictionary

flue

/fluː/

noun

A pipe or duct that carries gaseous combustion products away from the point of combustion (such as a furnace). / An enclosed passageway in which to direct air or other gaseous current along.

I caught the flue and had to stay in bed for a week.

意味（1）

A pipe or duct that carries gaseous combustion products away from the point of combustion (such as a furnace).

It has frequently been a subject of inquiry, whether the ancients were acquainted with chimneys, or open fire-places. In the houses discovered at Herculaneum and Pompeii, there are no chimneys; they all appear to have been warmed by furnaces and flues.

意味（2）

An enclosed passageway in which to direct air or other gaseous current along.

意味（3）

(obsolete, countable and uncountable) A woolly or downy substance; down, nap; a piece of this.

意味（4）

In an organ flue pipe, the opening between the lower lip and the languet.