heat treatment
heat treatment — 名詞
1. a kind of therapy that warms a painful or injured body area, often with an elect
熱療
以熱敷等方式舒緩身體疼痛
a kind of therapy that warms a painful or injured body area, often with an electric pad or lamp, to loosen muscles and ease discomfort.
The therapist used heat treatment on Mia's stiff shoulder after tennis practice.
治療師在網球練習後，對 Mia 僵硬的肩膀施作熱療。
use heat treatment on + body part
After lifting boxes all day, Vikram booked heat treatment for his sore back.
搬了一整天箱子後，Vikram 預約了針對痠痛背部的熱療。
book heat treatment for back pain
At the clinic, heat treatment helped Layla relax the muscles in her neck.
在診所裡，熱療幫助 Layla 放鬆頸部肌肉。
The doctor suggested heat treatment before Mara tried a stronger pain medicine.
醫師建議 Mara 先做熱療，再試更強的止痛藥。
- heat therapy
the closest everyday medical term for using warmth to help the body feel better
- thermotherapy
a more technical medical label that appears in professional writing
- cold therapy
uses cold rather than warmth to reduce pain or swelling
文法句型
use heat treatment on [body part]
book heat treatment for [pain/injury]
suggest heat treatment before stronger medicine
用法筆記
This sense is used for medical or physical-therapy care and often appears with on or for plus the painful body part. Distinguish from sense 2, which is about changing the properties of a material rather than helping a person recover.
常見錯誤
2. the controlled heating and cooling of a metal or other material so its hardness,
熱處理
藉加熱冷卻改變材料性質
the controlled heating and cooling of a metal or other material so its hardness, strength, or flexibility changes in a useful way.
The factory uses heat treatment to harden the steel gears.
工廠利用熱處理讓鋼製齒輪變得更硬。
use heat treatment to harden metal parts
After heat treatment, the knife blade stayed sharp much longer.
經過熱處理後，那片刀刃維持鋒利的時間更久。
after heat treatment + improved result
Engineers changed the heat treatment when the metal started to crack.
金屬開始出現裂痕時，工程師調整了熱處理方式。
A chart beside the oven listed the heat treatment for each part.
烘爐旁的圖表列出了每個零件的熱處理規格。
- heat-treating
the same process named with a gerund form, especially in technical writing
- thermal processing
broader because it can include heating steps that are not meant to change material properties in the same way
文法句型
heat treatment of [metal/material]
use heat treatment to harden [part]
change the heat treatment for [product]
用法筆記
This sense is technical and usually refers to manufacturing work on metal, glass, or another material. Distinguish from sense 1, which is a treatment used on a person's body for pain or stiffness.