(烧制陶器、砖瓦等的)窑;(烘干或烧制用的)炉。常见于陶艺、砖瓦制造、木材烘干等语境。
/ kɪln /
The potter fired the bowls in a kiln.
陶工在窑里烧制这些碗。
After shaping the clay sculpture, she dried it slowly before placing it in the kiln to be fired at high temperature.
把黏土雕塑塑形完成后,她先慢慢晾干,然后放进窑里以高温烧制。
“Kiln”源自古英语 *cyln(e)*,与拉丁语 culina(厨房、烹饪之处)有关,词义从“烹饪/加热的地方”逐渐专指“烧制陶器或砖瓦的窑”。