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单词 blast furnace
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Definition of blast furnace in English:

blast furnace

noun
  • A smelting furnace in the form of a tower into which a blast of hot compressed air can be introduced from below. Such furnaces are used chiefly to make iron from a mixture of iron ore, coke, and limestone.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The roasting process uses oxygen in a blast furnace to convert the metal sulfide into the metal or the metal oxide plus sulfur dioxide.
    • The explosion occurred when molten iron leaked from a blast furnace.
    • It was extremely hot, like standing in front of a blast furnace at a steel works.
    • At last it was now possible to use the gas, which was produced by the blast furnace in gigantic quantities in the process of smelting iron, to drive engines.
    • The traditional method for extracting pure iron from its ore is to heat the ore in a blast furnace with limestone and coke.
 
 

Definition of blast furnace in US English:

blast furnace

nounˈblæst ˈˌfərnəsˈblast ˈˌfərnəs
  • A smelting furnace in the form of a tower into which a blast of hot compressed air can be introduced from below. Such furnaces are used chiefly to make iron from a mixture of iron ore, coke, and limestone.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The traditional method for extracting pure iron from its ore is to heat the ore in a blast furnace with limestone and coke.
    • The roasting process uses oxygen in a blast furnace to convert the metal sulfide into the metal or the metal oxide plus sulfur dioxide.
    • The explosion occurred when molten iron leaked from a blast furnace.
    • It was extremely hot, like standing in front of a blast furnace at a steel works.
    • At last it was now possible to use the gas, which was produced by the blast furnace in gigantic quantities in the process of smelting iron, to drive engines.
 
 
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