1. Meantime the Rat, warm and comfortable, dozed by his fireside . 与此同时,感到温暖适意的老鼠,正坐在火炉边打盹。
2. There is more than a literal difference between "They sat around the fireside" and "They sat around the stove". “他们围坐在壁炉旁”和“他们围坐在暖炉旁”不仅仅是在文字上的不同。
3. Actually, this action is just like how Franklin Roosevelt once [set a precedent] by holding his Fireside Chats on radio. 其实这样的动作就如同小罗斯福总统当年首开先例在炉边谈话广播一样。
英英解释
n.
1. an area near a fireplace (usually paved and extending out into a room)
2. home symbolized as a part of the fireplace