核心畫面
Picture the metal box in the kitchen with a door on the front: you shut the heat inside with the food, and it cooks from all sides. That sealed-in heat is what the word carries, which is why it also turns up when a room is hot.
可以想成：廚房裡那個前面有門的金屬箱子——把食物和熱一起關在裡面，四面一起加熱。這個字帶著的就是那股「被關起來的熱」…更多收起
可以想成：廚房裡那個前面有門的金屬箱子——把食物和熱一起關在裡面，四面一起加熱。這個字帶著的就是那股「被關起來的熱」，所以當一個房間熱得受不了時，英文也會拿它來比喻。原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
ovennoun/ˈʌ.vn̩/
- 1
A chamber used for baking or heating.
- Baby I'm hot just like an oven / I need some lovin'
- 2
A very hot place.
- The ballroom that evening was an absolute oven. I probably perspired more dancing then during the afternoon ballgame.
ovenverb/ˈʌ.vn̩/
- 1
informalTo cook in an oven.
- I'm gonna oven the pie for about 30 minutes, mate.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。