| 词汇 | central-heating |
| 释义 | central heating noun[ U ] uk /ˌsen.trəl ˈhiː.tɪŋ/ us /ˌsen.trəl ˈhiː.t̬ɪŋ/ B1 a system of heating buildings by warming air or water at one place and then sending it to different rooms in pipes中央供暖系统，集中供热系统 Heaters & burners bar barbecue barbecue pit barbie BBQ cigarette lighter electric blanket electric heater fan heater furnace gas fire geyser matchstick patio heater potbellied stove retort room heater safety match wood stove wood-burning stove A little heat from the sun or a cool, light wind is more pleasant than central heating or air conditioning. Hot Air. The labor involved in the care of numerous stoves is considerable, and hence the advent of a central heating stove, or furnace, was a great saving in strength and fuel. The better-off live in apartment houses where the economy of central heating is practised, while the majority of the poor occupy tenements where the extravagance of the individual stove is indulged in. The long galleries are all equipped with central heating and electric light and some of them have been divided off by wooden partitions or curtains like the dormitories in a large school. When I asked the hotel people why the central heating was not on, they said that there is no coal. Examples of central heatingcentral heating Deprivation is a scale summation of these indices : income, home tenure, access to car ownership, employment status, centralheating, social class, household crowding. Fire and water come together in the home's centralheating system, reinforced architecturally by links forged between fireplaces and plumbing. Architectural ventilation on such a scale was perhaps less advanced than gravity-based centralheating. However, three-quarters of respondents own their own homes, over half of which have three or more bedrooms, and 86 per cent report having centralheating. The numbers considering centralheating and a telephone to be necessities went from under half to over 80 per cent. They must be considered in light of multiple issues - their traditional role as well as within the context of modern, centralheating. They had access to electricity, centralheating, toilets, and inside running water. I use the centralheating a lot now, it is wonderful. It is most commonly seen in those over the age of 70 years, is generally worse at night and is aggravated by hot baths and centralheating. Heating systems are deteriorating faster than we can replace them and many houses do not have full centralheating. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Just as many of them, if not more, use heating oil for heating their hot water or—with centralheating—their homes. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 All local authorities are encouraged to provide some form of centralheating for old people and many of them are doing so. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In 1971, only one in three homes had centralheating. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Presumably those who do not use centralheating simply cannot afford it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is for individual local authorities to decide on the priority they give to providing centralheating from their housing capital programmes. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of central heating These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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