furnace
furnace
noun
noun
- an enclosed structure in which material can be heated to very high temperatures, e.g. for smelting metals
火炉，熔炉
■an appliance fired by gas or oil in which air or water is heated to be circulated throughout a building in a heating system
（建筑物内的）暖气炉
■used to describe a very hot place
火炉，极闷热的地方
her car was a furnace.
她的汽车热得像是一个火炉。
- Middle English: from Old French fornais(e), from Latin fornax, fornac-, from fornus 'oven'
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