1.TIFa large container for a very hot fire, used to produce power, heat, or liquidmetal 〔用于产生动力、热量或用以熔化金属的〕火炉;熔炉
2.a piece of equipment used to heat a building 〔给建筑物供暖的〕锅炉
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furnace• A furnaceexploded all over him.• But if an application is made to patent a computer-controlled furnace it may well succeed and be granted a patent.• It has a very high viscosity which requires that it be raised to about 250-F to pump and spray into the furnace.• For that matter, where is the furnace?• The whine of the furnacereactionstepped up yet again.
1space where glass or metal is heated熔爐ADJECTIVE | VERB + FURNACE | FURNACE + VERBADJECTIVE➤blazing, fiery, hot, red-hot烈火熊熊的熔爐;燒得正旺的火爐;熾熱的熔爐▸➤glass, steel玻璃熔爐;煉鋼爐▸➤arc, blast電弧爐;高爐VERB + FURNACE➤stoke給爐子加燃料▸➤fire (especially BrE) 給爐子點火◇There was enough coal to fire the furnaces.煤足夠爐子燒的。FURNACE + VERB➤burn爐火燃燒◇The furnaces burned fiercely.這些爐子燒得正旺。furnace
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2 (NAmE) device to provide heating and hot water in a building為建築物供熱的設備➡ see also boilerADJECTIVE | VERB + FURNACE | FURNACE + NOUNADJECTIVE➤coal, electric, gas, oil燒煤的鍋爐;電爐;燃氣爐;燃油鍋爐VERB + FURNACE➤install, replace安裝/更換鍋爐FURNACE + NOUN➤room鍋爐房