fur·nace
noun/ˈfɜːnɪs/
/ˈfɜːrnɪs/
- a space surrounded on all sides by walls and a roof for heating metal or glass to very high temperatures
熔炉 - It's like a furnace (= very hot) in here!
这里热得像火炉！
Extra Examples- The furnaces burned fiercely.
这些炉子烧得正旺。 - There was enough coal to fire the furnaces.
煤足够炉子烧的。 - Emissions from power stations and industrial furnaces pollute the atmosphere.
发电厂和工业炉的排放污染了大气。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- blazing
- fiery
- hot
- …
- stoke
- fire
- burn
- It's like a furnace (= very hot) in here!
- (especially North American English) (also boiler British and North American English)a container in which water is heated to provide hot water and heating in a building or to produce steam in an engine
锅炉；汽锅 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- coal
- electric
- gas
- …
- install
- replace
- room
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French fornais(e), from Latin fornax, fornac-, from fornus ‘oven’.