烘干

• 拼音: hōng gān
• 汉字拆解: 烘 = 火 (fire) + 共 (together/phonetic) — fire warming something; 干 = pictograph of a forked stick — dry, to dry

含义

To dry using heat; to tumble-dry; to kiln-dry or oven-dry. The process of removing moisture from an object or material by applying heat.

烘干 covers a range of heat-drying processes: tumble-drying clothes (烘干机 — tumble dryer), drying food in an oven or dehydrator (食品烘干), kiln-drying timber (木材烘干), and industrial drying processes. 烘干机 is now a standard household appliance term. The term contrasts with 晾干 (air-drying/line-drying), 吹干 (blow-drying), and 晒干 (sun-drying).

例句

1. 洗完的厚重羽绒服应当放入烘干机低温烘干，切不可在烈日下暴晒，以免破坏填充材料的保暖性能。
2. 工厂引进了一套先进的自动化烘干设备，将陶瓷制品的生产周期由原来的七十二小时缩短至不足二十四小时。
3. 为了在短时间内给孩子一套干净衣物，她把刚洗完的校服直接放进烘干机，十五分钟后便取出穿上了。

用法指南

语境: household, industry, food processing, manufacturing

语气: neutral

正确说法

• 北方冬季室内空气干燥，洗完的衣物晾挂一夜便能自然干透，不一定需要额外使用烘干机进行烘干。(In northern China, indoor air is dry in winter — washed clothes can dry naturally overnight when hung up, so it's not always necessary to use a tumble dryer.)
• 这批经过专业烘干处理的木材含水率已降至国家标准以下，完全满足高端家具制作对原材料的严格品质要求。(The moisture content of this batch of professionally kiln-dried timber has been reduced below the national standard, fully meeting the strict quality requirements for raw materials in premium furniture manufacturing.)

错误说法

• 烘干 confused with 晒干 or 风干 — 烘干 specifically requires applied heat; 晒干 means sun-drying, 风干 means air-drying, and 吹干 means blow-drying; use the specific term for each method

起源与历史

烘 (to warm over fire; to bake; to roast gently) + 干 (dry; to dry out)

文化背景

时代: Modern

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal