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

HSK 5

工人在熔矿炉旁挥汗如雨。

Gōngrén zài róngkuànglú páng huīhànrúyǔ.

Workers sweat profusely beside the smelting furnace.

HSK 7-9

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.

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