Word · Frequency #12627
kiln
窑；炉；干燥炉
a furnace for firing, burning, or drying things such as porcelain or bricks
- 1.
An oven or furnace or a heated chamber, for the purpose of hardening, burning, calcining or drying anything; for example, firing ceramics, curing or preserving tobacco, or drying grain.
用于硬化、烧制、煅烧或烘干物品的炉、窑或加热室；例如烧制陶瓷、烤制或保存烟草,或烘干谷物。
- 2.
a furnace for firing or burning or drying such things as porcelain or bricks
用于烧制或烘干瓷器、砖等物品的炉窑。
用于硬化、烧制、煅烧或烘干物品的炉、窑或加热室；例如烧制陶瓷、烤制或保存烟草,或烘干谷物。；用于烧制或烘干瓷器、砖等物品的炉窑。；窑；炉；干燥炉
In use
The potter placed the clay pots in the kiln to fire them.
After shaping the bricks, the workers left them in the kiln overnight.
They use a special kiln to dry the wood before carving it.
fire sth in a kiln
fire 在这里是“烧制”的意思，常与 in a kiln 搭配使用。
The potter fired the bowls in a kiln.
陶工在窑里烧制那些碗。
a kiln for doing sth
a kiln for + 动名词，表示“用于做某事的窑”。
They built a kiln for drying timber.
他们建了一座用来干燥木材的窑。
kiln sth
kiln 作及物动词，表示“在窑中烧制或烘干”，主语通常是人或机构。
The company kilns the tiles on site.
Connections
Collocations
- brick kiln
- 砖窑
- The village has an old brick kiln that still operates.村里有一座仍在使用的老砖窑。
- pottery kiln
- 陶窑
- She fired the vases in her pottery kiln.她在陶窑里烧制这些花瓶。
- lime kiln
- 石灰窑
- The lime kiln was used to produce quicklime.这座石灰窑曾用于生产生石灰。
- kiln-dried wood
- 窑干的木材
- Use kiln-dried wood for the furniture to prevent warping.制作家具要用窑干的木材，以防变形。
- kiln firing
- 烧窑
- The final kiln firing gives the pottery its glossy finish.最后一次烧窑让陶器有了光泽。
Synonyms
Learner notes
Memory Tip
记忆：kiln 的 n 不发音，读作 kil，想象砖窑里烧出一千（kil）块砖，窑就是烧砖或瓷的炉子。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：pottery and ceramics、brickmaking、industrial drying 该词多用于陶瓷、砖瓦、木材干燥等工艺或工业说明的语境，比较常见于书面或专业表述。通常指窑/炉；表示在窑中烧制或烘干时也多见于技术性表述。整体用 neutral 语体较稳妥。
Pronunciation & Spelling
None of these words rhymes with /kɪln/. The final /ln/ cluster is unusual in English. Words that start with /kɪ/ (kill /kɪl/, kilt /kɪlt/, kin /kɪn/) look similar but sound different: kill lacks the final /n/, kilt adds /t/, and kin drops the /l/. Mill /mɪl/ has the same /ɪl/ as kill and also does not rhyme. Film /fɪlm/ and built /bɪlt/ contain a similar /ɪ/ + consonant cluster but end differently.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.