furnace

英語

An oil furnace for heating a building

詞源

源自中古英語 forneys，源自古法語 fornais（法語 fournaise），源自拉丁語 fornāx。

發音

• (通用美式) 國際音標^(幫助): /ˈfɝnɪs/
• (標準英音) 國際音標^(幫助): /ˈfɜːnɪs/

• 音頻 (美國)：

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• 韻部：-ɜː(ɹ)nɪs

名詞

furnace (複數 furnaces)

1. 爐，熔爐

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

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2. (美國，加拿大) 中央供暖系統

   同類詞：heater、space heater

   HVAC services include furnace maintenance.

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3. (口語，比喻義) 蒸籠 （比喻很熱的地方）

   The busy kitchen became a sweltering furnace.

   繁忙的廚房變成了一個悶熱的烤爐。

4. (比喻義) 地獄；磨難；嚴酷的考驗

   forged in the furnace of fierce competition

   在殘酷的競爭中得到了歷練

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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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下義詞

• 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

 

衍生詞彙

• 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

動詞

furnace (第三人稱單數簡單現在時 furnaces，現在分詞 furnacing，一般過去時及過去分詞 furnaced)

1. 用熔爐加熱
2. 噴出熱氣

異序詞

• Fraunce