hypocaust
/'haipәkɒ:st/
📖 中文释义
- n. 火坑式供暖, 热坑
🧩 词形变化
复数 hypocausts
📘 English Definition（英文释义）
- 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.