noun🔗Share坩埚，熔钵 A cup-shaped piece of laboratory equipment used to contain chemical compounds when heating them to very high temperatures."The chemist carefully placed the powdered sample into the crucibles before putting them in the furnace. "化学家小心翼翼地将粉末样品放入坩埚中，然后将它们放入炉子里。utensilmaterialchemistrysciencetechnicalChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share坩埚, 熔钵. A heat-resistant container in which metals are melted, usually at temperatures above 500°C, commonly made of graphite with clay as a binder."The metalworkers carefully poured the molten gold from the crucibles into molds to make jewelry. "工匠们小心地将融化的金子从坩埚里倒入模具中，用来制作珠宝。materialutensiltechnologychemistryscienceindustryChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share坩埚，熔炉底部. The bottom and hottest part of a blast furnace; the hearth."The intense heat within the crucibles of the blast furnace melts the iron ore. "高炉坩埚底部的极高温度将铁矿石熔化。materialindustrymachineChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share严峻的考验，熔炉。 A very difficult and trying experience, that acts as a refining or hardening process.""Boot camp was one of the crucibles that transformed ordinary citizens into resilient soldiers." "新兵训练是将普通百姓转变为坚韧士兵的严峻考验，就像一个熔炉。sufferingsituationcharacterconditionliteraturemindemotionprocesshistoryChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
