furnace

/'fә:nis/

柯林斯星级

BNC频率: 10035

现代语料频率: 9102

n. 火炉, 熔炉, 考验

vt. 在炉中烧

A digesting furnace, formerly used by alchemists

It is largely used in the preparation of aluminium and alumina, and for the lining of furnaces which are exposed to intense heat. n

plural of blast-furnace

A furnace and forge in which wrought iron in the form of blooms is made directly from the ore, or (more rarely) from cast iron.

The round hole in the furnace of a glass manufactory through which the fused glass is taken out.

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