hypocausts
📖 中文释义
- (hypocaust 的复数) n. 火坑式供暖, 热坑
🧩 词形变化
原形 hypocaust
📘 English Definition(英文释义)
- plural of hypocaust
- n. A furnace, esp. one connected with a series of small
- chambers and flues of tiles or other masonry through which the heat of
- a fire was distributed to rooms above. This contrivance, first used in
- bath, was afterwards adopted in private houses.