furnace

• n. 火炉，熔炉

来自拉丁语fornax, 炉子，烤炉，来自PIE*gwher, 热，暖和，词源同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.)).

来自《简明英汉词典》

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

锅炉坏了,整栋办公大楼没有暖气.

来自《简明英汉词典》

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

一股热风从火炉里吹出来.

来自《简明英汉词典》

4. We had better fire up the furnace.

我们最好把炉子生起来.

来自《简明英汉词典》

5. Embers glowed in the furnace.

余烬在炉膛中发出光亮.

来自《简明英汉词典》