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- an apparatus for cooking or heating that operates by burning fuel or using electricity（烹饪或加热用的）炉, 火炉; 电炉; 加热器。
1.1
- Brit. a hothouse for plants〈英〉温室。
with obj.
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- fumigate or disinfect (a house) with sulphur or other fumes（用硫磺等烟雾）烟熏; 消毒（房屋）。
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- treat (an object) by heating it in a stove in order to apply a desired surface coating（为了喷涂表层而）在炉中对（物体）进行热处理。
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- Brit. force or raise (plants) in a hothouse〈英〉在温室中加速（植物）生长, 培植（植物）。
词源
Middle English （in the sense 'sweating-room'）： from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German stove; perhaps related to the noun STEW1. Current verb senses date from the early 17th cent.