a piece of equipment that can burn various fuels and is used for heating rooms （用于取暖的）炉子，火炉 a gas/wood-burning stove 烧煤气／木柴的火炉
Extra ExamplesTopics Houses and homesb2Don't touch the stove! It's hot. 别碰炉子！炉子热。 There is no heating in the house apart from a small wood-burning stove. 除了一个烧木柴的小炉子之外，房子里没有别的取暖设施。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- hot
- kitchen
- electric
- …
- light
- turn off
- turn on
- …
- on the stove
- slave over a hot stove
- (British English also cooker)(North American English also range)
a large piece of equipment for cooking food, containing an oven and gas or electric rings on top （带烤箱、燃气炉或电炉的）厨房灶具，炉具 She put a pan of water on the stove. 她在灶上放了一锅水。 Most people don't want to spend hours slaving over a hot stove (= cooking). 人们大都不愿意老围着灶台转。
Extra ExamplesTopics Cooking and eatingb2, Houses and homesb2A pan was simmering on the stove. 炉子上正在炖一只锅。 A pot of soup was cooking on the stove. 炉灶上正炖着一锅汤。 I've been slaving over a hot stove all day for you! 我围着灶台为你忙活了一整天！ We cooked dinner outside the tent on a little paraffin stove. 我们在帐篷外的小石蜡油炉上做了晚饭。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- hot
- kitchen
- electric
- …
- light
- turn off
- turn on
- …
- on the stove
- slave over a hot stove
Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘sweating room’): from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German stove; perhaps related to the noun stew.