furnace

名词 n. 动词 v.
/ˈfɜːnɪs/    /ˈfɝnɪs/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An industrial heating device, such as for smelting metal or firing ceramics.
    — Plans for the next phase include furnaces capable of inert atmospheres and partial vacuums.
  2. A device that provides heat for a building. Canada,US
    — HVAC services include furnace maintenance.
  3. Any area that is excessively hot. colloquial,figuratively
    — The busy kitchen became a sweltering furnace.
  4. A place or time of punishment, affliction, or great trial; severe experience or discipline. figuratively
    — forged in the furnace of fierce competition
动词 v.
  1. To heat in a furnace.
  2. To exhale like a furnace.

词形变化

furnaces plural furnaces present,singular,third-person furnacing participle,present furnaced participle,past furnaced past

词源

词源 1
From Middle English forneys, from Old French fornais (French fournaise), from Latin fornāx.
词源 2
From Middle English forneys, from Old French fornais (French fournaise), from Latin fornāx.
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