oven

/ˈʌvn/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈʌvn/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈə-vən/ (ame, mw)

oven — noun

  • ovensingular
  • ovensplural

1. the closed space inside a cooker or separate machine where food is baked, roaste

1.名詞B1
釋義

the closed space inside a cooker or separate machine where food is baked, roasted, or heated.

例句

Please leave the bread in the oven for ten minutes.

collocation: in the oven

Maya put the apples in the oven to soften them.

pattern: put something in the oven

同義詞
  • stove

    especially in American English, this can mean the whole cooking appliance, not only the enclosed heating space

  • cooker

    mainly British and broader, because it often names the whole appliance with burners and an oven

  • range

    usually a full kitchen appliance with both a cooktop and an oven

文法句型

in the oven

put something in the oven

take something out of the oven

用法筆記

Usually countable. Often used in the phrases 'in the oven' and 'out of the oven', and with verbs such as 'put', 'leave', 'heat', and 'preheat'. Distinguish from 'stove' or 'cooker', which can name the whole appliance rather than just this enclosed part.

常見錯誤

❌I cooked the cake on the oven.
✅I cooked the cake in the oven.
💡use 'in' because the food goes inside the oven.
❌Please put the tray on the oven at 180 degrees.
✅Please put the tray in the oven at 180 degrees.
💡when the tray goes into the heated space, use 'in', not 'on'.