furnace

英语

An oil furnace for heating a building

词源

源自中古英语 forneys，源自古法语 fornais（法语 fournaise），源自拉丁语 fornāx。

发音

• (通用美式) 国际音标^(帮助): /ˈfɝnɪs/
• (标准英音) 国际音标^(帮助): /ˈfɜːnɪs/

• 音频 (美国)：

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• 韵部：-ɜː(ɹ)nɪs

名词

furnace (复数 furnaces)

1. 炉，熔炉

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

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2. (美国，加拿大) 中央供暖系统

   同类词：heater、space heater

   HVAC services include furnace maintenance.

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3. (口语，比喻义) 蒸笼 （比喻很热的地方）

   The busy kitchen became a sweltering furnace.

   繁忙的厨房变成了一个闷热的烤炉。

4. (比喻义) 地狱；磨难；严酷的考验

   forged in the furnace of fierce competition

   在残酷的竞争中得到了历练

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   • 1866, Herman Melville, Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War‎^[1], Supplement:

     For that heroic band—those children of the furnace who, in regions like Texas and Tennessee, maintained their fidelity through terrible trials—we of the North felt for them, and profoundly we honor them.

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下义词

• almond furnace
• almond-furnace
• athanor
• blast furnace
• converting furnace
• electric arc furnace
• industrial furnace
• ladle furnace
• muffle furnace
• muffler furnace
• open hearth furnace
• Pernot furnace
• philosophical furnace
• reduction furnace
• regenerative furnace
• reverberatory furnace
• semimuffle furnace
• shaft furnace

 

衍生词汇

• doré furnace
• furnacey
• Mannheim furnace
• Rockhill Furnace
• smoke like a furnace
• Stetefeldt furnace
• there may be snow on the rooftop but there is fire in the furnace

动词

furnace (第三人称单数简单现在时 furnaces，现在分词 furnacing，一般过去时及过去分词 furnaced)

1. 用熔炉加热
2. 喷出热气

异序词

• Fraunce