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Linhtho0211 Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
Hitch = problem or setback?
Please help me with the two following multiple-choice questions. The task is to choose the word that is closest in meaning to each underlined word.
1. The furnace in the factory was turned up as high as possible.Could a furnace be an oven? Though I usually hear about an oven as a kitchen appliance but I think a furnace could be a special kind of oven
A.Temperature B.oven D.kiln
2. There was a hitch in the program, which caused a two-hour delay.I feel that both choices are acceptable but setback may be the best choice because it refers to delay. But my teacher chose A.
A.problem B.setback
Top answer
; as, an iron furnace; a hot-air furnace; a glass furnace; a boiler furnace, etc. ; a kiln for calcining limestone. , now, a chamber in a stove, used for baking or roasting.
- ; as, an iron furnace; a hot-air furnace; a glass furnace; a boiler furnace, etc.
- ; a kiln for calcining limestone.
- , now, a chamber in a stove, used for baking or roasting.
- It is a hard choice, but I would pick Kiln as being the closest.
- A kiln is more for industrial uses, as is a furnace.
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Webster gives the definitions
furnace:
An inclosed place in which heat is produced by the combustion of fuel, as for reducing ores or melting metals, for warming a house, for baking pottery, etc.; as, an iron furnace; a hot-air furnace; a glass furnace; a boiler furnace, etc.
kiln
A large stove or oven; a furnace of brick or stone, or a heated chamber, for
furnace:
An inclosed place in which heat is produced by the combustion of fuel, as for reducing ores or melting metals, for warming a house, for baking pottery, etc.; as, an iron furnace; a hot-air furnace; a glass furnace; a boiler furnace, etc.
kiln
A large stove or oven; a furnace of brick or stone, or a heated chamber, for
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Yes, number 1 is not easy.
But what about number 2? Do you think setback is correct as well?
But what about number 2? Do you think setback is correct as well?
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For hitch, Webster says:
A stop or sudden halt; a stoppage; an impediment; a temporary obstruction; an obstacle; as, a hitch in one's progress or utterance; a hitch in the performance.
Setback is stronger. It is usually not temporary, and implies a reversal of progress. So I would pick "problem" as a better fit..
A stop or sudden halt; a stoppage; an impediment; a temporary obstruction; an obstacle; as, a hitch in one's progress or utterance; a hitch in the performance.
Setback is stronger. It is usually not temporary, and implies a reversal of progress. So I would pick "problem" as a better fit..
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