furnace什么意思

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furnace

/ˈfɜːrnɪs/
名词 工业术语

基本释义:熔炉;火炉;高温环境

词源:源自拉丁语"fornax"(烤炉)

📚 核心含义

工业设备

用于高温加热或熔炼金属的封闭设备

The steel is melted in a furnace.
钢铁在熔炉中熔化。
冶金

供暖设备

建筑物内的供暖系统核心部件

We need to repair the furnace before winter.
我们需要在冬季前修理暖气炉
建筑

比喻用法

形容极其炎热的环境或考验

The desert was like a furnace at noon.
正午的沙漠如同火炉一般。
比喻

"furnace"是工业和生活常用词,在冶金、建筑、能源等领域使用频率很高。比喻用法常见于文学描写。

🔄 用法对比

英语例句

The furnace temperature reached 1500°C.

Our furnace stopped working last night.

The room felt like a furnace.

中文翻译

熔炉温度达到了1500摄氏度。

我们的暖气炉昨晚停止工作了。

房间热得像火炉一样。

🔊 发音指南

英式发音
/ˈfɜːnɪs/

弗-尼斯(重读"弗")

美式发音
/ˈfɜːrnɪs/

弗尔-尼斯(重读"弗尔")

发音要点:

常见发音错误

  • 读成"富-纳斯"(应避免/u/音)
  • 重音放在第二个音节
  • 忽略"r"的卷舌(美式)

🎯 常见搭配

blast furnace

高炉(炼铁用)

blast furnace
高炉
冶金

electric furnace

电炉

electric furnace
电炉
工业

furnace room

锅炉房

furnace room
锅炉房
建筑

语法注意

单数: furnace
复数: furnaces

⚠️ 易混淆点

不要混淆:

Furnace is the same as oven. (错误)

正确:Furnace is for heating or melting, while oven is for baking.

All furnaces use coal. (错误)

正确:Furnaces can use various fuels including gas, electricity or coal.

✍️ 随堂练习

翻译练习

1. The furnace needs regular maintenance.
2. This furnace can melt steel quickly.
3. The foundry has three large furnaces.

1. 熔炉需要定期维护。

2. 这个熔炉可以快速熔化钢铁。

3. 铸造厂有三座大型熔炉

发音练习

跟读以下句子:

• The furnace is overheating. [ˈfɜːrnɪs]
• We installed a new furnace. [ˈfɜːrnɪs]
• The furnace room is downstairs. [ˈfɜːrnɪs]

改错练习

找出并改正错误:

1. 读作[ˈfjuːnɪs]
2. The furnace is used for baking bread.
3. All furnaces are powered by electricity.

1. 读作[ˈfɜːrnɪs](注意"ur"发音)

2. Furnaces are mainly for heating or melting, not baking.

3. Furnaces can use various power sources.