- (specialist)
connected with heat 热的;热量的 thermal energy 热能
(of clothing )衣服 designed to keep you warm by preventing heat from escaping from the body 保暖的;防寒的 thermal underwear 保暖内衣裤
(of streams, lakes, etc. )溪水、湖泊等 in which the water has been naturally heated by the earth 温暖的;热的 thermal springs 温泉
Word Originmid 18th cent. (in the sense ‘relating to hot springs’): from French, from Greek thermē ‘heat’.