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turn on/off the heating
heating 在这里指暖气系统，常用搭配。
Please turn on the heating, it's cold.
请打开暖气，天冷了。
暖气；供暖
heatings — plural of heating
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暖气；供暖
a system that heats a room or building
Please turn on the heating, it's cold.
请打开暖气，天冷了。
提高房间或建筑物温度的系统。比较加热器。
A system that raises the temperature of a room or building. Compare heater.
变暖的过程；温度上升
the process of becoming warmer; a rising temperature
使某物变热的行为。
The act of making something hot.
用于给建筑物供暖的设施
utility to warm a building
The heating in our apartment broke down last winter.
去年冬天我们公寓的供暖系统坏了。
AI contextual example
Turn on the heating to warm up the room.
打开暖气让房间暖和起来。
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The heating bill is due next week.
暖气费下周到期。
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the heating system wasn't working
供暖系统坏了。
WordNet
heating 在这里指暖气系统，常用搭配。
Please turn on the heating, it's cold.
请打开暖气，天冷了。
描述暖气的状态。
The heating is off in the summer.
夏天暖气是关着的。
central heating 是固定短语，指中央供暖系统。
This house has central heating.
这栋房子有中央供暖。
Not this
The heatings are broken.
Use this
The heating is broken.
heating 作为不可数名词，表示暖气系统时不能加复数 -s。应使用单数形式。
Not this
Heating is not working.
Use this
The heating is not working.
特指具体的暖气系统或供暖设备时，前面需要加定冠词 the。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
集中供暖
Most houses in the city have central heating.
这座城市的大多数房屋都有集中供暖。
供暖系统
We need to replace the old heating system.
我们需要更换旧的供暖系统。
暖气费
The heating bill was very high this winter.
今年冬天的暖气费很高。
供暖成本
Heating costs have risen due to higher fuel prices.
由于燃料价格上涨，供暖成本增加了。
地暖
Underfloor heating is more efficient than radiators.
地暖比散热器更高效。
发长 /iː/ 音 (如 sea, tea)
Same pattern, same sound
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联想‘heat（热）’加‘ing’表示持续供暖，暖气片发热中。
通常用于指供暖系统或加热过程，在技术文档和日常对话中均适用，语气中性。
Words like meeting, beating, eating, greeting, treating share the same stressed vowel /iː/ and ending /tɪŋ/, so they rhyme with heating. However, thing is spelled with 'ing' but pronounced /θɪŋ/, so it does not rhyme despite the similar spelling.
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