an apparatus for cooking or heating that operates by burning fuel or using electricity (烹饪或取暖用的)炉,火炉,电炉 ■(Brit.)a hothouse for plants (英)温室
verb [with obj.]
fumigate or disinfect (a house) with sulphur or other fumes (用硫磺等烟雾)烟熏;消毒(房屋)
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
(Brit.)force or raise (plants) in a hothouse (英)在温室中加速(植物)生长,培植(植物)
语源
Middle English (in the sense 'sweating-room'): from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German stove; perhaps related to the noun stew. Current verb senses date from the early 17th cent