供暖開始 "暖氣"用英語怎么說？
“暖氣”的英語是heating(英國英語)或heat(美國英語)。
現(xiàn)在大部分暖氣系統(tǒng)的原理是：在一個地方把水加熱，然后熱氣順著已經(jīng)安好的管道到達(dá)各個住戶。這種系統(tǒng)叫central heating，也就是我們經(jīng)常說的“集中供暖”。
有時候，我們會說這樣的話，“我家的暖氣壞了，摸著根本就不熱。”這個“暖氣”是指與供暖系統(tǒng)連接的散熱器，對應(yīng)的英語是radiator。
用暖氣就要涉及到暖氣費(fèi)，“暖氣費(fèi)”的英語是heating costs(請注意是復(fù)數(shù))，而“交暖氣費(fèi)”叫pay the heating bill，現(xiàn)擴(kuò)充一下交各種費(fèi)的說法：
pay the phone bill 交電話費(fèi)
pay the electricity bill/electric bill 交電費(fèi)(electric bill是非正式說法)
pay the gas bill 交燃?xì)赓M(fèi)
pay the water bill 交水費(fèi)
以下例句供大家參考：
【例】Switch the heating on I'm cold!
(來源：Oxford Advanced Learner's English-Chinese Dictionary)
【例】Central heating is a heating system for buildings. Air or water is heated in one place and travels round a building through pipes and radiators.
(來源：Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's Dictionary 5th Edition)
【例】The first of October is "central heating day", when many people switch on their radiators for the winter. Central heating is just another mod-con of contemporary living, but it's done much more than warm us up.
(來源：BBC官網(wǎng)，地址為https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/8283796.stm)
【例】The indoor temperature can also be modified using a monitoring system similar to central heating.
(來源：CNN官網(wǎng)，地址為https://edition.cnn.com/2015/04/08/tech/water-house-matyas-gutai/index.html)
【例】Senators also wanted to offer rebates to higher-income households, seniors living on Social Security and disabled veterans and $1 billion in heating assistance to help lower-income people pay their heating bills.
