oven

noun
🔊/ˈʌvn/
🔊/ˈʌvn/
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  1. 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. 使用烤箱手套移动热食物。
    compare microwave see also convection oven, fan oven
    Extra Examples
    • Bake 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。
    Topics Cooking and eatinga2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • electric
    • gas
    • microwave
    verb + oven
    • turn on
    • heat
    • preheat
    oven + verb
    • heat
    • heat up
    • cool
    oven + noun
    • dish
    • glove
    • mitt
    preposition
    • in an/​the oven
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    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
  1. (informal, humorous) to be pregnant大肚子;怀孕