熔炉

熔爐

rónglú

noun #26,266

Measure Word

一个熔炉 gè

Meanings

1 melting pot
2 furnace
3 smelting furnace

Characters

to melt; to fuse (metals)

stove; furnace; oven

Examples

工人把金属放入熔炉中冶炼。

Gōngrén bǎ jīnshǔ fàngrù rónglú zhōng yěliàn.

Workers put the metal into the furnace for smelting.

纽约被称为文化的大熔炉。

Niǔyuē bèi chēng wéi wénhuà de dà rónglú.

New York is called a great cultural melting pot.

Tips

usage

熔炉 has both a literal sense (industrial furnace for melting metals) and a figurative sense (melting pot), often used to describe multicultural societies.

Stroke Order

熔 róng

炉 lú