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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary
- stove
[stəuv]
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1.
noun
[c]
(for cooking) 炉子
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2.
noun
(for heating) 加热器
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3.
noun
[US]
(top of cooker) 炉
Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
- stove
[stəʊv]
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1.
n.[c]
炉子,厨灶
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She was standing by the stove, watching the kettle boil.
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她站在炉边,看着水壶的水沸腾。
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Dinner was already on the stove.
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饭已经在炉子上了。
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2.
n.[c]
火炉,暖炉
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They had a stove in the living room which kept them warm in the night.
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他们在起居室生了个炉子以便在夜里保暖。
Collins English-English Dictionary
- stove
[stəυv]
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1.
n
another word for cooker
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2.
n
any heating apparatus, such as a kiln
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3.
vt.
[tr]
to process (ceramics, metalwork, etc) by heating in a stove
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4.
vt.
[Scot]
to stew (meat, vegetables, etc)
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5.
vt.
[Etymology]
Old English stofa bathroom; related to Old High German stuba steam room, Greek tuphos smoke
Examples
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an economical stove
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节省燃料的炉子,经济炉
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to feed coal into a stove
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给炉子添煤
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feed the stove
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给炉子加燃料
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a length of stove pipe
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一节烟筒
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a potbellied stove
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大肚火炉
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heat radiating from a stove
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从炉子中散发出来的热
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a toy stove
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玩具炉
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They have a coal stove which is really old.
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他们有个非常旧的煤炉。
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It took a long time to heat up the stove.
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加热炉子花了很长一段时间。
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It smells horrible when you burn whole ear corn in the wood stove.
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你把玉米穗放到木炉子上烤,味道很难闻。
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