stove

- n. 炉子, 火炉
- Definition
- n. a piece of equipment used for cooking or heating
- Example
- She left a pot of soup simmering on the stove.
- 她把一锅汤留在炉子上慢炖。
Synonyms & Differences 近义词辨析
Compared meaning: a kitchen appliance for cooking (noun).
比较义项:厨房里用于烹饪的炉灶设备(名词)。
- range
Refers to a combined cooktop-and-oven appliance, usually a standalone unit; typical of appliance ads, real-estate listings, and more formal or technical descriptions of a kitchen.
指炉灶与烤箱一体的厨房电器,通常是独立的一体机;多见于家电广告、房产介绍等较正式或专业的厨房描述中。
The new kitchen has a stainless steel range with six gas burners and a double oven.
这间新厨房配有一台不锈钢炉灶,带六个燃气灶眼和双层烤箱。
- stove 本词
The everyday, more general word for the appliance; often used loosely to mean just the burners or cooktop, and is the natural choice in casual, spoken descriptions.
是更日常、更通用的说法,常被泛指为灶台或炉眼部分,是口语中描述厨房用具时更自然的选择。
She left a pot of soup simmering on the stove.
她把一锅汤留在炉子上慢炖。
Range and stove both mean a kitchen cooking appliance, often used interchangeably. Range refers to a combined stovetop-and-oven unit, common in ads or real-estate listings, and sounds formal. Stove is the everyday word, sometimes meaning the burners. Stove's other meaning, 'a heater', is not compared.
这两个词都指厨房里用来做饭的炉灶设备,日常口语中常可互换,但语气和侧重不同;这里不比较 stove 表示“取暖炉”的另一义项。