电炉 (diàn lú) — electric stove; hot plate; electric furnace

Definition

电炉 (diàn lú) covers both a household 'electric stove / hot plate' for cooking (厨房 example) and an industrial 'electric furnace' for smelting metal (工厂 example). The same word serves both senses — context decides which.

noun

electric stovehot plateelectric furnace

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Examples

电炉。
Chú fáng lǐ fàng zhe yì tái xīn diàn lú.
There is a new electric stove in the kitchen.
电炉。
Tā yòng diàn lú shāo shuǐ pào chá.
He uses a hot plate to boil water for tea.
电炉。
Zhè jiā gōng chǎng yòng diàn lú liàn gāng.
This factory uses an electric furnace to smelt steel.

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