blast furnace

名词 blast furnace:

1. a furnace for smelting of iron from iron oxide ores; combustion is intensified by a blast of air

1. Our work grows out of a small blast furnace plant which is set up in1913.
   我们厂的前身是一家小炼铁厂，建于1913年。
2. A forcible stream of air, gas, or steam from an opening, especially one in a blast furnace to aid combustion.
   吹风，送风从出口，尤其是从助燃鼓风炉的出口出来的空气，其他气体或蒸汽气流