hob
hob — 名詞
1. The flat cooking area on top of a cooker, used for heating pans.
爐面
爐灶頂部用來加熱鍋具的平面區域
The flat cooking area on top of a cooker, used for heating pans.
Ritu placed the heavy pot on the hob and lit the gas.
Ritu 把沉重的鍋子放在爐面上，點燃了煤氣。
place + on the hob
The hob stayed hot for a long time after Jack switched it off.
Jack 關掉爐面後，爐面還燙了很久。
hob as subject: stay hot
There was a pan of soup already bubbling on the front hob.
前方的爐面上已經有一鍋湯在咕嘟咕嘟地滾著。
Talia wiped the glass hob clean with a damp cloth after cooking.
Talia 煮完飯後用濕布把玻璃爐面擦得乾乾淨淨。
A blue flame shot up from the hob as soon as Indra pressed the button.
Indra 按下按鈕，藍色火焰立刻從爐面上竄了起來。
用法筆記
In American English, this is called a stovetop or cooktop.
常見錯誤
2. A metal shelf built into the side of an old-fashioned fireplace, used for keepin
爐邊鐵架
舊式壁爐旁用來保溫或加熱鍋具的金屬架
A metal shelf built into the side of an old-fashioned fireplace, used for keeping pans warm or heating them.
In the old cottage, a kettle sat on the hob beside the crackling fire.
在老舊的農舍裡，一把水壺就放在爐邊鐵架上，旁邊的柴火噼啪作響。
collocation: on the hob (fireplace context)
Kian warmed his hands near the hob while the stew heated slowly.
Kian 在爐邊鐵架旁暖著手，燉肉則慢慢加熱著。
near the hob
The iron hob by the fireplace was blackened from years of use.
壁爐旁的那個鐵製爐邊鐵架因長年使用而燻得烏黑。
Yuki kept a pot of tea warm on the hob all afternoon.
Yuki 整個下午都把一壺茶放在爐邊鐵架上保溫。
A small pan of milk sat on the hob, steaming gently in the firelight.
一小鍋牛奶放在爐邊鐵架上，在火光中輕輕冒著蒸氣。
3. A hard steel engineering tool that shapes the teeth on gears and worm wheels.
滾齒刀
用於切削齒輪齒牙的硬鋼工業刀具
A hard steel engineering tool that shapes the teeth on gears and worm wheels.
The engineer set up the hob on the machine before cutting the gear.
工程師在切削齒輪前，先把滾齒刀安裝在機台上。
collocation: set up the hob
Caleb watched the hob cut precise teeth into the steel wheel.
Caleb 看著滾齒刀在鋼輪上切出精準的齒牙。
hob cut + teeth into + object
A worn hob can ruin a gear and waste hours of work in the workshop.
磨損的滾齒刀會毀掉齒輪，讓車間浪費好幾個小時的工時。
Tunde ordered a new hob to replace the one that had gone blunt.
Tunde 訂了一把新的滾齒刀，來替換那把已經變鈍的舊刀。
Each tooth of the gear was shaped by the rotating hob in a single pass.
齒輪的每一個齒牙都是由旋轉中的滾齒刀一次切削成形的。
- gear cutter
a broader category of tool; a hob is one specific type of gear cutter
4. A small supernatural creature from folklore, similar to a hobgoblin or elf, know
精怪
民間傳說中住在爐邊、愛惡作劇的小精怪
A small supernatural creature from folklore, similar to a hobgoblin or elf, known for playing tricks on people.
The old storyteller told a tale about a hob that moved the chairs while the family slept.
老說書人講了一個故事，說有隻精怪會趁家人睡覺時搬動椅子。
that-clause describing hob's actions
Farmers left out a bowl of milk for the hob to stop it from causing trouble.
農夫們會放一碗牛奶給精怪，免得牠跑來搗亂。
leave out... for the hob
Sven read the children a story about a hob who hid keys and untied shoelaces.
Sven 給孩子們讀了一個故事，說的是一隻會藏鑰匙和解鞋帶的精怪。
In the legend, a hob lived behind the kitchen fire and guarded the house at night.
傳說中，有一隻精怪住在廚房火堆後面，夜裡守護著整棟房子。
The villagers blamed the hob whenever tools went missing from the workshop.
每次工坊裡有工具不見，村民們就怪罪那隻精怪。
hob — 動詞
- hobpresent simple I / you / we / they
- hobs3rd person singular
- hobbing-ing form
- hobbedpast simple
1. To cut gear teeth using a hob, the steel cutting tool.
滾齒切削
以滾齒刀切削齒輪的齒牙
To cut gear teeth using a hob, the steel cutting tool.
The machinist hobbed the gear blank in under three minutes.
技師不到三分鐘就把齒輪毛坯滾齒切削好了。
hob + object (the gear blank)
The trainee learned how to hob teeth into a steel wheel at trade school.
學徒在職業學校學會了如何在鋼輪上滾齒切削出齒牙。
hob + teeth into + object
Basma hobbed a replacement gear for the lathe, checking every tooth with a steel gauge.
Basma 為車床滾齒切削了一個替換齒輪，並用鋼製測量規檢查每一個齒牙。
The workshop hobs several hundred gears every week for the car factory.
這間車間每週為汽車廠滾齒切削數百個齒輪。
文法句型
hob + object