单词 | microwave |
释义 | microwave (once / 2293 pages) nv A microwave is a small oven that cooks or heats food very quickly. Instead of the electric or gas heat that a regular oven uses, a microwave heats with electromagnetic radiation. While the heat of a regular oven (or a small toaster oven) surrounds your food and cooks it from the outside, with the heat working its way in, a microwave's radiation cooks most food from the inside out. Its radiation, or waves, penetrate the food and heat up any moisture inside it. These waves are themselves called microwaves because they're short (and micro- means "small"), similar to radio waves. WORD FAMILYmicrowave: microwaved, microwaves, microwaving+/unwavering: unwaveringly/wave: microwave, waved, wavelet, wavelike, waver, waves, waving, wavy/wavelet: wavelets/waver: wavered, waverer, wavering, wavers/waverer: waverers/wavering: unwavering, waveringly, waverings/waving: wavings/wavy: wavier, wavily, waviness USAGE EXAMPLESThe humble space includes a kitchenette with a stove-top, microwave, sink and refrigerator. Washington Times(Dec 26, 2016) To his surprise, microwaves emanating from the ground suggested that in some parts of the oven-hot desert, the soil is moist. Science Magazine(Dec 15, 2016) The company’s squat orange bots look like microwave ovens with a grudge. The New Yorker(Dec 11, 2016) 1n kitchen appliance that cooks food by passing an electromagnetic wave through it; heat results from the absorption of energy by the water molecules in the food Syn|Hyper microwave oven kitchen appliance a home appliance used in preparing food 2n a short electromagnetic wave (longer than infrared but shorter than radio waves); used for radar and microwave ovens and for transmitting telephone, facsimile, video and data Hyper electromagnetic radiation, electromagnetic wave, nonparticulate radiation radiation consisting of waves of energy associated with electric and magnetic fields resulting from the acceleration of an electric charge 3v cook or heat in a microwave oven You can microwave the leftovers Syn|Hyper micro-cook, nuke, zap cook transform and make suitable for consumption by heating |
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