furnace

暖房炉、暖房装置

建物を暖めるために熱を作り出す装置。

やさしい英語で： A machine that produces heat to warm a building.

• The furnace heats our house.
• We had the furnace repaired before winter.
• A dirty furnace filter can reduce airflow.

類義語： heater

よく使う表現： gas furnace, furnace filter, replace a furnace

炉、溶鉱炉

金属を溶かしたり、粘土製品を焼いたりする高温の炉。

やさしい英語で： A machine that produces very high heat to melt metal or bake clay objects.

• The furnace melts metal.
• Workers fed iron ore into the furnace.
• The factory installed two electric furnaces last year.

類義語： industrial oven

よく使う表現： blast furnace, industrial furnace, electric furnace

灼熱地獄、炉

炉の中のように、非常に暑く感じられる場所。

やさしい英語で： A place that feels extremely hot.

• This room is a furnace.
• By noon, the kitchen had become a furnace.
• Without air conditioning, our office felt like a furnace.

類義語： oven

よく使う表現： a real furnace, like a furnace

試練、苦難

人の耐える力が試される、ひどい苦しみや困難のある状況。

やさしい英語で： A situation or period of great suffering or difficulty that tests someone.

• Their friendship survived the furnace of war.
• The furnace of hardship tested her courage.
• He emerged stronger from the furnace of public criticism.

使い方： furnace of something (Their resolve was strengthened in the furnace of adversity.)

類義語： ordeal, trial

よく使う表現： furnace of war, furnace of suffering, furnace of adversity