• n. 火爐，熔爐

來自拉丁語fornax, 爐子，烤爐，來自PIE*gwher, 熱，暖和，詞源同warm, thermal,burn.

furnace

furnace: [13] Etymologically, furnace means roughly ‘warm place’. It comes via Old French fornais from Latin fornāx ‘furnace’. This was a derivative of fornus ‘oven’, a word related to formus ‘warm’, which goes back to the same Indo-European source, *ghworm-, *ghwerm-, as probably produced English warm.
=> fornication

furnace (n.)

early 13c., from Old French fornais "oven, furnace," figuratively "flame of love" (12c.), from Latin fornacem (nominative fornax) "an oven, kiln," related to fornus/furnus "oven," and to formus "warm," from PIE root *gwher- "warm" (cognates: Greek thermos, Old English wearm; see warm (adj.)).

1. The flame in the furnace can be looked at through coloured glasses.

可以通過有色眼鏡觀看高爐內(nèi)的火焰.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

2. The furnace broke down and the entire office building has no heat.

鍋爐壞了,整棟辦公大樓沒有暖氣.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

3. A blast of hot air came from the furnace.

一股熱風(fēng)從火爐里吹出來.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

4. We had better fire up the furnace.

我們最好把爐子生起來.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

5. Embers glowed in the furnace.

余燼在爐膛中發(fā)出光亮.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》