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furnace

/fur-nis/US // ˈfɜr nɪs //UK // (ˈfɜːnɪs) //

炉子,熔炉,窑炉,火炉

Related Words

heater加热器,暖气,暖气片,加热装置stove锅炉,炉灶,炉子,灶台kiln窑炉,窑场,窑洞,窑窑incinerator焚烧炉,焚化炉,焚烧器,焚烧场boiler锅炉,煮沸器,锅具,煲仔forge锻造,锻压,打造,锻打smithy铁匠铺,铁匠场,铁厂,铁道部门cinerator焚化炉,焚烧炉,焚烧器,焚化器cremator火葬场,火化机,火化炉,焚烧炉oil burner燃油燃烧器,烧油机,烧油器,燃烧器

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a structure or apparatus in which heat may be generated, as for heating houses, smelting ores, or producing steam.
    • : a place characterized by intense heat: The volcano was a seething furnace.
    • : Astronomy. the constellation Fornax.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    fur·naced, fur·nac·ing.

    • : to heat in a furnace.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounheating mechanism
Synonyms
boiler锅炉,煮沸器,锅具,煲仔heater加热器,暖气,暖气片,加热装置heating system供暖系统,供热系统,采暖系统,加热系统incinerator焚烧炉,焚化炉,焚烧器,焚烧场kiln窑炉,窑场,窑洞,窑窑stove锅炉,炉灶,炉子,灶台forge锻造,锻压,打造,锻打smithy铁匠铺,铁匠场,铁厂,铁道部门franklin stove富兰克林炉,富兰克林炉子,富兰克林炉具,富兰克林火炉calefactor钙化剂,钙化器,钙化者,钙化物cinerator焚化炉,焚烧炉,焚烧器,焚化器cremator火葬场,火化机,火化炉,焚烧炉oil burner燃油燃烧器,烧油机,烧油器,燃烧器

Examples

  • You can tell the thermostat what to do all day, but it’s all for nothing if it can’t actually control the furnace or AC.

  • Researchers said they were struck by the number of teenagers in the cemetery and wondered if the harsh furnace work played a role in their early deaths.

  • “The coal mine closed, then the timber left, then the train left, and everything was gone,” said Robert Lee Fazenbaker, an 84-year-old retired miner, railroad man and furnace operator who saw each of his careers vanish.

  • When the lockdown began in March last year, workers at Blenko turned down the fires as low as possible so the liquid glass inside the furnace would not harden.

  • Diana Thomas needed a new furnace and four small basement windows for her two-story home on the east side of Kansas City.

  • Animal Furnace was not the first time Buress joked about rape.

  • The high-cheekboned actor wears a leather jacket and turtleneck and slicks back his hair in Out of the Furnace.

  • For example, research has shown that most carbon-monoxide alarm incidents are triggered by a malfunctioning furnace.

  • The family is the great fiery furnace in which people are forged.

  • Scott had recently finished shooting the drama Out of the Furnace, starring Christian Bale.

  • He shall give his mind to finish the glazing, and his watching to make clean the furnace.

  • Such a furnace worked there for many years, until copper smelting was removed from Cornwall to Wales.

  • It is therefore uncertain from these statements which furnace consumes the greater quantity of air.

  • A few pails of water, put into the furnace in the morning, is sufficient for a day's work.

  • The furnace where the Khamsîn brewed in distant Nubia sent its warnings in advance; it was slowly travelling northward.

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