stove
noun/stəʊv/
/stəʊv/
- a piece of equipment that can burn various fuels and is used for heating rooms
（用于取暖的）炉子，火炉 - a gas/wood-burning stove
烧煤气／木柴的火炉
Extra ExamplesTopics Houses and homesb2- Don't touch the stove! It's hot.
别碰炉子！炉子热。 - There is no heating in the house apart from a small wood-burning stove.
除了一个烧木柴的小炉子之外，房子里没有别的取暖设施。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- hot
- kitchen
- electric
- …
- light
- turn off
- turn on
- …
- on the stove
- slave over a hot stove
- a gas/wood-burning stove
- (British English also cooker)(North American English also range)a large piece of equipment for cooking food, containing an oven and gas or electric rings on top
（带烤箱、燃气炉或电炉的）厨灶，炉具 - She put a pan of water on the stove.
她在灶上放了一锅水。 - Most people don't want to spend hours slaving over a hot stove (= cooking).
人们大都不愿意老围着灶台转。
Extra ExamplesTopics Cooking and eatingb2, Houses and homesb2- A pan was simmering on the stove.
炉子上正煮着一口平底锅。 - A pot of soup was cooking on the stove.
炉灶上正炖着一锅汤。 - I've been slaving over a hot stove all day for you!
我围着灶台为你忙活了一整天！ - We cooked dinner outside the tent on a little paraffin stove.
我们在帐篷外的一个小石蜡炉上煮了晚餐。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- hot
- kitchen
- electric
- …
- light
- turn off
- turn on
- …
- on the stove
- slave over a hot stove
- She put a pan of water on the stove.
Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘sweating room’): from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German stove; perhaps related to the noun stew.