the part of a cooker that is like a box with a door on the front, in which food is cooked or heated 烤箱；烤炉 
Take the cake out of the oven. 把蛋糕从烤箱中取出来。 Bake in a preheated oven for 15–20 minutes. 在预热的烤箱中烘烤15-20分钟。 a gas/an electric oven 煤气／电烤箱 a cool/hot/moderate oven 低温／高温／中温烤箱 Open a window, it's like an oven in here! 打开窗户。这儿热得像火炉！ Use oven mitts to move hot food. 用烤箱手套移动热食。
Extra ExamplesTopics Cooking and eatinga2Bake them in a warm oven until risen and golden brown. 把它们放在热烤炉里烤，直至发酵膨胀起来并变成黄褐色。 Preheat the oven to 190°C. 预热烤箱到190 摄氏度。 Tandoori food is cooked in a clay oven. 唐杜里烹饪法就是把食物放在泥炉里烤。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- electric
- gas
- microwave
- …
- turn on
- heat
- preheat
- …
- heat
- heat up
- cool
- …
- dish
- glove
- mitt
- …
- in an/the oven
Word OriginOld English ofen, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch oven, German Ofen, from an Indo-European root shared by Greek ipnos.
Idioms
have a bun in the oven
- (informal, humorous)
to be pregnant 大肚子；怀孕