furnace

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n. 火炉, 熔炉, 考验 vt. 在炉中烧

发音

US /ˈfɝnɪs/
UK /ˈfɜːnɪs/

词形变化

furnaces 复数 furnaces furnaced furnaces 三单 furnacing furnacing 现在分词 furnaced 过去式 furnaced 过去分词

别名

fornace

教材释义与例句

名词

火炉，熔炉

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An industrial heating device, such as for smelting metal or firing ceramics.

    炉子

    熔炉

    炉

    Plans for the next phase include furnaces capable of inert atmospheres and partial vacuums.

  2. 2.

    A device that provides heat for a building.

    加拿大 美国

    HVAC services include furnace maintenance.

  3. 3.

    Any area that is excessively hot.

    非正式 比喻

    The busy kitchen became a sweltering furnace.

  4. 4.

    A place or time of punishment, affliction, or great trial; severe experience or discipline.

    比喻

    forged in the furnace of fierce competition

v.
  1. 1.

    To heat in a furnace.

  2. 2.

    To exhale like a furnace.

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

chamber

下位词 10

forge crematorium incinerator kiln blast furnace athanor crematory cupola firebox oil burner

部分词 3

register grate grating

相关短语

blast furnace [医]热风炉 Furnace Creek blast furnace gas [机] 鼓风炉煤气, 高炉煤气 reverberatory furnace [化] 反射炉; 反焰炉 [医] 返焰炉 there may be snow on the rooftop but there is fire in the furnace muffle furnace [化] 马弗炉 [医] 灰解炉, 隔焰炉 Pernot furnace almond furnace reduction furnace shaft furnace [化] 竖式炉 regenerative furnace [化] 交流换热炉; 交流蓄热炉; 再生炉 converting furnace muffler furnace philosophical furnace semimuffle furnace

词源

From Middle English forneys, from Old French fornais (French fournaise), from Latin fornāx.

来源：wiktionary