熔矿炉

熔礦爐

róngkuànglú

noun

Measure Word

一座熔矿炉 zuò

Meanings

1 smelting furnace
2 blast furnace

Characters

Examples

矿石被送入熔矿炉冶炼。

Kuàngshí bèi sòngrù róngkuànglú yěliàn.

The ore is fed into the smelting furnace for refining.

工人在熔矿炉旁挥汗如雨。

Gōngrén zài róngkuànglú páng huīhàn rúyǔ.

Workers sweat profusely beside the smelting furnace.

Tips

memory

熔 (melt) + 矿 (ore) + 炉 (furnace) — 'ore-melting furnace,' exactly what a smelter does. Also written 熔炉 (rónglú) when the ore part is implicit.

Stroke Order

熔 róng

矿 kuàng

炉 lú