furnace

英语

An oil furnace for heating a building

词源

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

发音

• (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

名词

furnace (複數 furnaces)

1. 炉，熔炉

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

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2. (美國，加拿大) 中央供暖系统

   同類詞：heater、space heater

   HVAC services include furnace maintenance.

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3. (口語，比喻義) 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. (比喻義) 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. 用熔炉加热
2. 喷出热气

异序词

• Fraunce