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cookstove

/kook-stohv/US // ˈkʊkˌstoʊv //

炉灶,炉子,灶台,火炉

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a wood- or coal-burning stove for use in cooking.

Examples

  • Whether it’s from the cookstove, the family dog, or just day-to-day living, we are constantly taking in bad air.

  • Most of one side was taken up by a black cavern of a fireplace, which sheltered grimly the shining trimness of a modern cookstove.

  • To my mother, in her perplexity over the cookstove, the woman who showed her how to make the fire was an angel of deliverance.

  • And then he came into the kitchen where I was, took the lid off the cookstove and put a bundle of printed pages on the fire.

  • Last time I was on a submarine I had to sleep behind the cookstove; and then the commander had to sit up all night.

  • I kind of fancied my chance against the Frenchies didn't amount to cold water on a red hot cookstove.