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单词 furnace
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
fur•nace /ˈfɜrnɪs/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. a structure or apparatus in which heat is generated, such as for heating houses, melting metals, or producing steam.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
fur•nace  (fûr′nis),USA pronunciation n., v., -naced, -nac•ing. 
n. 
  1. a structure or apparatus in which heat may be generated, as for heating houses, smelting ores, or producing steam.
  2. a place characterized by intense heat:The volcano was a seething furnace.
  3. Astronomy(cap.) the constellation Fornax.

v.t. 
  1. Metallurgyto heat (a metal piece) in a furnace.
  • Latin fornāc- (stem of fornāx kiln, oven), akin to formus warm
  • Old French fornais, fournais
  • Middle English furneis, furnais 1175–1225
fur′nace•like′, adj. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
furnace /ˈfɜːnɪs/ n
  1. an enclosed chamber in which heat is produced to generate steam, destroy refuse, smelt or refine ores, etc
  2. a very hot or stifling place
Etymology: 13th Century: from Old French fornais, from Latin fornax oven, furnace; related to Latin formus warm
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