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oven

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++ov·en /ˈʌvən/ ●●● S3 noun [countable]  1 DHCa piece of equipment that food is cooked inside, shaped like a metal box with a door on the front 烤箱,烤炉 cooker, stove Preheat the oven to 200 degrees C. 把烤箱预热至200摄氏度。 Press the mixture onto the bread and bake in a hot oven for ten minutes. 把混合料抹在面包上,然后在烤箱内高温烘烤10分钟。2. like an oven informalHOT uncomfortably hot 很热的,炎热的 have a bun in the oven at bun(5)
Examples from the Corpus
ovenSaturday night I always do the gas oven out.Top with the mashed potato and bake in a preheated oven at 190C, 375F or Gas Mark 5 for 30 minutes.Bake in a preheated oven at 190C, 375F or Gas Mark 5 for 10 minutes or until light golden.There was a pot on the stove, a casserole in the oven, and a note on the counter.Put a cookie sheet on the oven rack during preheating.The blazing summer sun can turn their black-and-white Ford Broncos into wheeled ovens.
Origin oven Old English ofen
ov·en nounChineseSyllable
food of is piece that a cooked equipment Corpus


oven
oven S3 /ˈʌvən/ noun [countable]
 Language: Old English
 Origin: ofen

1. a piece of equipment that food is cooked inside, shaped like a metal box with a door on the front ⇨ cooker, stove:
    Preheat the oven to 200 degrees C.
    Press the mixture onto the bread and bake in a hot oven for ten minutes.
2. like an oven informal uncomfortably hot ⇨ have a bun in the oven at bun(5)


🔑 ovenBrE /ˈʌvn/ 🔊NAmE /ˈʌvn/ 🔊 noun
the part of a cooker/stove shaped 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。🔊🔊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!🔊🔊   compare microwave noun (1) have a ˈbun in the oven(informal, humorous) to be pregnant 大肚子;怀孕