-- method of treating disease by genereating heat in body issues by high-frequency electric currents

Diathermy may prescribed for arthritis, bursitis and other conditions requiring heat treatment.

关节炎、黏液囊炎和其他需要热疗的病症都可用透热疗法治疗。

 

2. thermometer /θə'mɒmɪtə/

-- instrument for measuring temperature

During the hot spell, the thermometer reached 35℃ for six days in a row.

在热天里，温度计一连六天都达到了35℃。

 

3. thermostat /'θɜːməstæt/

-- automatic device for regulating temperature

We set the thermostat to shut off the heat when the room temperature reaches 25℃.

我们安置了自动调温器，当室温达到25℃时，就会自动停闭暖气。

 

4. thermal /'θɜːm(ə)l/

-- pertaining to heat; hot; warm

At Lava Hot Springs in Idaho, vistors may bathe in the thermal mineral waters.

在爱达荷州的熔岩温泉，游客们可以在热矿泉水中沐浴。

 

5. thermonuclear /θɜːməʊ'njuːklɪə/

-- having to do with the fusion(joining together), at a extraordinarily high temperature, of the nuclei of atoms(as in the hydrogen bomb)

It is believed that the sun gets its energy from thermonuclear reactions constantly taking place within it.

大家相信太阳的热能是因其内部不断发生核能反应而产生的。