预热 (yù rè) — preheat

Definition

Examples

• 烤蛋糕之前，先把烤箱预热十分钟。
  Kǎo dàn gāo zhī qián, xiān bǎ kǎo xiāng yù rè shí fēn zhōng.
  Before baking the cake, preheat the oven for ten minutes.
• 冬天开车前最好让发动机预热一下。
  Dōng tiān kāi chē qián zuì hǎo ràng fā dòng jī yù rè yí xià.
  In winter, it's best to let the engine preheat before driving.
• 活动开始前，主持人先做了预热。
  Huó dòng kāi shǐ qián, zhǔ chí rén xiān zuò le yù rè.
  Before the event started, the host did a warm-up (preheating the audience).