smokestack

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smoke·stack /ˈsməʊkstæk $ ˈsmoʊk-/ noun [countable]  TITBBa tall chimney at a factory or on a ship 〔工厂或轮船的〕大烟囱

Examples from the Corpus

smokestack• Away from the belching smokestacks of its industrial left bank, it is almost a handsome city.• By 7: 30, the lights of the Edison smokestack in Oxnard were spotted.• Another column dashed up her starboard side and carried off her smokestack.• Nothing breaches the flatness except some kind of smokestack or cooling tower a couple of miles to the north.• They always look back to the old smokestack industries.• In the distance, a tall smokestack releases a curling black stream diagonally across the sky.• Socialism is the smokestack creed, condemning its people to council houses and poor public services.• The smokestacks from a power generating station rise over the horizon.

smoke·stack nounChineseSyllable  

tall ship or Corpus a chimney a on factory a at

smokestack
smoke‧stack /ˈsməʊkstæk $ ˈsmoʊk-/ noun [countable]
a tall chimney at a factory or on a ship

smoke·stackBrE /ˈsməʊkstæk/ 🔊NAmE /ˈsmoʊkstæk/ 🔊 noun (especially NAmE) a tall chimney that takes away smoke from factories （工厂的）大烟囱 (also fun·nel) a metal chimney, for example on a ship or an engine, through which smoke comes out （轮船或火车头上的）外烟筒