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| 亚热带生态系统 | subtropical ecosystem The interacting system of a biological community and its non-living environmental surroundings in regions bordering on the tropics or the regions between tropical and temperate zones (与热带接壤的地区或者位于热带和温带之间的地区的一个群落及其周围的非生物环境。) |
| 余热 | waste heat Heat derived from the cooling process of electric power generating plants and which can cause thermal pollution of water courses, promoting algal bloom (来自于电力发电厂冷却过程中的热量，它可以造成水道的热污染，引发赤潮。) |
| 余热利用 | waste heat utilisation Waste heat applications include space heating and refrigeration in urban areas, thawing of ice-bound seaways, agricultural use to stimulate growth and to extend the growing season and in aquaculture to stimulate the growth of algae, shellfish, and other potential marine food sources (余热的应用，包括城市地区的空间加热和制冷、解冻冰封航道、农业方面的运用以刺激生长和延长生长季节、以及水产业中的应用以刺激藻类、贝类及其它潜在海洋食物资源的生长。) |
| 余热释放 | waste heat charge The release of heat generated as a byproduct from industrial or power generation processes (作为工业或发电过程中的副产品而产生的热量释放。) |
| 供热器 | heater An apparatus that heats or provides heat (一种加热或提供热量的装置、设备。) |
| 供热工厂 | heating plant Plant for producing and supplying heat (产生和供应热能的工厂。) |
| 供热系统 | heating A system for supplying heat, especially central heating, to a building (为建筑物提供热能的系统，特别是中央供热系统。) |
| 区域供热 | district heating The supply of heat, either in the form of steam or hot water, from a central source to a group of buildings (从中央能源以蒸汽或者热水的形式为一组建筑供给热能。) |
| 区域性供热厂 | district heating plant Plant for heating all houses in a district; it consists of a large, efficient, centralized boiler plant or "waste" steam from a power station. The heat is distributed by means of low-pressure steam or high-temperature water to the consumers (在一个区域中给所有住户提供暖气的工厂；它是由一个大型、高效的中央锅炉车间组成，或是利用发电厂的废蒸气。热气经由低压蒸汽或高温热水传送至消费者。) |
| 地热能 | geothermal energy An energy produced by tapping the earth's internal heat. At present, the only available technologies to do this are those that extract heat from hydrothermal convection systems, where water or steam transfer the heat from the deeper part of the earth to the areas where the energy can be tapped. The amount of pollutants found in geothermal vary from area to area but may contain arsenic, boron, selenium, lead, cadmium, and fluorides. They also may contain hydrogen sulphide, mercury, ammonia, radon, carbon dioxide, and methane (通过开发地球内部热量而产生的能量。目前唯一能够这样做的技术是从水热对流系统中提取出热量。水热对流系统是通过水或蒸汽将热量从地球深处向能量能被提取的地方转移。地热中含有的污染物的多少根据区域的不同而不同，包括砷、硼、硒、铅、镉氟化物，也包括硫化氢、汞、氨、氡、二氧化碳和甲烷等。) |
| 地方供热 | local heat supply The provision of heating fuel, coal or other heating source materials, or the amount of heating capacity, for the use of a specific local community (为一个具体的地方社区使用的，取暖燃料、煤或其他加热源材料的提供，或总体供热的能力。) |
| 太阳能集热器 | solar collector Device which converts the energy from light into electricity. The collector system contains a concentrator and a receiver. The concentrator redirects and focuses sunlight on the receiver by using mirrors or lenses, and the receiver absorbs solar radiation and converts it to heat (将光的能量转换为电能的装置。该收集系统包含一个集中器和一个接收器。集中器使用镜子和透镜定向和集中阳光，接收器吸收太阳辐射，并将其转换为热能。) |
| 工业加热美 | Industrial Heating |
| 差热分析法 | difference temperature analysis |
| 市政供热网络 | municipal heating network System of heating all houses in a urban district from a central source (as from hot springs in Iceland or by cooling water from a power station) (通过中央热源(如冰岛温泉或电站冷却水)而供热市区内所有房屋的系统。) |
| 废料燃料热电厂 | waste-fed heating and power plant Heating and power production plant where fuel is provided from refuse (从废料中提取燃料的暖气和电力的生产厂。) |
| 废料燃料供热厂 | waste-fed heating plant Heating plant where fuel is provided from refuse (从废料中提取燃料的暖气生产厂。) |
| 抗热荒漠 | heat-resistant desert |
| 放热 | "exotherm" |
| 曝热生境指受热晒的生境 | heat-exposed site |
| 曝热起火 | exposure fire |
| 海洋热能 | thermal sea power The concept of utilizing the temperature differences of 20°C or more that occur between the surface of an ocean and its depths to achieve a continuous supply of power; this temperature difference may be found in the tropical regions of the world. Various small plants have been constructed to demonstrate the principle (利用发生海洋深处的20℃以上的温度差异，实现持续供电。这种温差可能会被发现在世界上的热带地区。各种小厂已建成以展示原则。) |
| 炎热压指炎热生境 | hot zone |
| 炎热生境 | hot habitat |
| 热供应、供热 | heat supply The provision of heating fuel, coal or other heating source materials, or the amount of heating capacity, for the use of a municipality, or other heat user (用于全市居民或其他热能使用者的加热燃料、煤或其他加热资源的供应，或加热的最大能量。) |
| 热侵蚀 | thermal erosion |
| 热值的利用 | utilisation of calorific value Calorific value is the heat per unit mass produced by complete combustion of a given substance. Calorific values are used to express the energy values of fuels; usually these are expressed in megajoules per kilogram. They are also used to measure the energy content of foodstuffs; i.e. the energy produced when the food is oxidized in the body. The units here are kilojoules per gram. Calorific values are measured using a bomb calorimeter (apparatus consisting of a strong container in which the sample is sealed with excess oxygen and ignited electrically. The heat of combustion at constant volume can be calculated from the resulting rise in temperature) (热值是某一物质每单位质量完全燃烧所产生的热量。热值是用来表示燃料的能量值，通常是用每千克兆焦耳来表示。它们也可用来测量食品的能量值，即当食物在体内氧化所产生的能源，这里的单位是每克千焦。热值使用爆炸量热器(仪器有强大的容器，样品是用过量氧气密封而成，以电动方式点燃，导致的温度上升可计算出定容燃烧热量)来测量。) |
| 热储存 | heat storage Keeping heat created during a period of low consumption until a peak period when it is needed (在需热较少的时期贮存产生的热量，以备在需热高峰期使用。) |
| 热分解 | pyrolysis The breaking apart of complex molecules into simpler units by the use of heat (通过加热使复杂的分子分解成简单的单元。) |
| 热力学 | thermodynamics The branch of physics which seeks to derive, from a few basic postulates, relationships between properties of matter, especially those connected with temperature, and a description of the conversion of energy from one form to another (物理学的分支，旨在能够从一些基本的假设，特别是与温度有关的物质的特性之间的关系，从一个形式描述的能量转换为另一种形式描述的能量转换。) |
| 热加工 | thermal treatment 1. Heating and cooling a metal or alloy to obtain desired properties or conditions. 2. Treatment of hazardous waste in a device which uses elevated temperatures as the primary means to change the chemical, physical, or biological character or composition of the hazardous waste. Examples of thermal treatment processes are incineration, molten salt, pyrolysis, calcination, wet air oxidation, and microwave discharge (1. 加热和冷却金属或合金以获得所需的性能或条件。2.使用温度升高为主要手段改变化学，物理或生物性质或危险废物的废物处理装置的危险。热处理过程的例子是焚化，熔融盐、热解、锻烧、湿空气氧化、微波放电。) |
| 热工设备 | thermal equipment Equipment related to the production of heat (生产热量的设备。) |
| 热带 | tropics The region of the earth's surface lying between two parallels of latitude on the earth, one 23°27' north of the equator and the other 23°27' south of the equator, representing the points farthest north and south at which the sun can shine directly overhead and constituting the boundaries of the Torrid Zone (位于地球两个纬度圈之间的地球表面区域，两个纬度圈一个是赤道以北23 ° 27'，另一个是赤道以南23 ° 27'，代表着太阳可以直射的最北端和最南端，它们构成了热带地区的边界。) |
| 热带森林 | tropical forest A vegetation class consisting of tall, close-growing trees, their columnar trunks more or less unbranched in the lower two-thirds, and forming a spreading and frequently flat crown; occurs in areas of high temperature and high rainfall (由高大、密集生长的树林组成的植物类，它们的柱状树干在大约较低的三分之二处分枝，从而形成一个铺展而常平的冠。它们常出现在高温和高降雨量的地区。) |
| 热带森林生态系统 | tropical forest ecosystem The interacting system of a biological community and its non-living environmental surroundings in forests found in tropical regions near the equator, which are characterized by warm to hot weather and abundant rainfall (在赤道附近热带地区的森林中的一个生物群落及其非生物环境相互作用的系统。它的特点是从温暖到炎热的天气，以及充沛的雨量。) |
| 热带植物 | tropical plant Plants growing in tropical areas in conditions of constant rain and high temperature (多雨高温条件下的热带地区生长的植物。) |
| 热带气候 | tropical climate A climate which is typical of equatorial and tropical regions, that is, one with continually high temperatures and with considerable precipitation, at least during part of the year (赤道和热带地区的一种典型气候，也就是说，至少在一年的部分时间里，会持续高温和大量降水。) |
| 热带生态系统 | tropical ecosystem The interacting system of a biological community and its non-living environmental surroundings in the land and water of the equatorial region between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn (一个生物群落相互作用的系统，它的非生物环境在北回归线和南回归线之间赤道地区的陆地和水中。) |
| 热带雨林 | tropical rain forest The most valuable and the richest ecosystem on Earth. It plays a critical part in the Earth's life support systems and house 50%, and possibly as much as 90%, of all the species on Earth. It is a key storehouse of foods, oils and minerals, and a source of ingredients that make up a range of medical treatments. It also represents home and livelihood for many people. However, more than half of the rainforests have disappeared, chopped down for valuable tropical hardwoods, or cleared to provide areas for cattle grazing or human habitation. The forests play an important part in climate patterns, and deforestation is thought to be responsible for 18% of global warming. Furthermore, as they disappear there is also an albedo effect - a damaging increase in the sunlight reflected - which affects wind and rainfall patterns (地球上最有价值和最丰富的生态系统，它是地球的生命支持系统的一个重要组成部分，它拥有地球上50%、可能达到90%这么多的物种。它是食品、油和矿物的主要仓库，是一系列医疗用品的配料成分的来源。它也是很多人赖以生存的物质基础。然而，超过半数的热带雨林已消失，宝贵的热带硬木被砍伐或被清除以提供空地来放牧或人类居住。森林在气候模式中发挥着重要的作用，森林的砍伐被认为要为18％的全球变暖负责。此外，它们的消失也会带来反照率效应，反射的阳光会破坏性地增加，这会影响风和降雨的模式。) |
| 热成层 | thermosphere |
| 热水 | thermal water Water, generally of a spring or geyser, whose temperature is appreciably above the local mean annual air temperature (其温度明显高于当地年平均气温的泉水或间歇泉。) |
| 热水 | hot water No definition needed (无需定义。) |
| 热污染 | thermal pollution The excessive raising or lowering of water temperature above or below normal seasonal ranges in streams, lakes, or estuaries or oceans as the result of discharge of hot or cold effluents into such water (过量提高或降水温，以高于或低于溪流、湖泊或河口或海洋的正常性水温幅度，这是过热或过冷的污水排入以上水域的结果) |
| 热泵 | heat pump A device which transfers heat from a cooler reservoir to a hotter one, expending mechanical energy in the process, especially when the main purpose is to heat the hot reservoir rather than refrigerate the cold one (一种由温度较低的储槽将热量传送到温度较高的热源的装置，在传递过程中消耗机械能，特别是在主要目的是升温而非降温时消耗的机械能更多。) |
| 热电厂 | thermal power plant A power-generating plant which uses heat to produce energy. Such plants may burn fossil fuels or use nuclear energy to produce the necessary thermal energy (利用热能来产生能量的发电工厂。如植物可能燃烧化石燃料或用核能源来生产所需的热能。) |
| 热电站 | thermal power plant |
| 热胁迫 | thermal stress |
| 热致死时间 | thermal death time |
| 热选过程 | thermoselect process Trade-Mark-Name for a thermic waste processing technology. Gasification is emerging as an alternative to combustion in the treatment and energy recovery from Municipal Solid Waste. Several innovative processes and demonstration plants are trying to achieve higher electrical efficiencies and lower emissions using this technology, Trade mark for a thermic waste processing technology (一放热废物处理技术的贸易商标名称。煤气化在处理和城市固体废物回收能源方面替代了燃烧。。几个创新的过程和示范工厂正在努力实现更高的发电效率和降低排放而采用这种技术。) |
| 电源热关系 | power-heat relation The ratio of the work done by an engine to the heat supplied (由一个引擎提供的按比例的热量供给。) |
| 绝热 | thermal insulation The process of preventing the passage of heat to or from a body by surrounding it with a nonconducting material (一个不导电材料在周围防止热量从一个机构通过的过程。) |
| 辐射热 | radiation heat |
