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furnace

noun
/ˈfɜːnɪs/
/ˈfɜːrnɪs/
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  1. 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！
    see also blast furnace
    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
    • …
    verb + furnace
    • stoke
    • fire
    furnace + verb
    • burn
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  2. (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
    • …
    verb + furnace
    • install
    • replace
    furnace + noun
    • room
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    3. Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French fornais(e), from Latin fornax, fornac-, from fornus ‘oven’.

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