steam

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英[sti?m]
美[sti?m]

基本釋義

n.
水蒸氣; 蒸發(fā); 精力
v.
蒸發(fā); 疾行

詞性變化

實用例句

Steam rose from the boiling kettle.

壺里的水開了,冒著蒸汽。

牛津詞典

the introduction of steam in the 18th century

18世紀蒸汽動力的采用

牛津詞典

steam power

蒸汽動力

牛津詞典

the steam age

蒸汽時代

牛津詞典

a steam train/engine

蒸汽火車 / 機

牛津詞典

She wiped the steam from her glasses.

她擦去眼鏡上的水汽。

牛津詞典

His election campaign is beginning to get up steam.

他的競選活動逐漸形成聲勢。

牛津詞典

a mug of steaming hot coffee

一大杯熱氣騰騰的咖啡

牛津詞典

steamed fish

蒸魚

牛津詞典

The boat steamed across the lake.

汽船從湖上駛過。

牛津詞典

He spotted her steaming down the corridor towards him.

他看見她沿著走廊向他疾步走來。

牛津詞典

(figurative)The company is steaming ahead with its investment programme.

公司正抓緊實施自己的投資方案。

牛津詞典

As he walked in, his glasses steamed up.

他進去的時候,眼鏡上起了一層霧。

牛津詞典

In an electric power plant the heat converts water into high-pressure steam.

在發(fā)電廠里,熱能將水轉(zhuǎn)化成高壓蒸汽。

...the invention of the steam engine.

蒸汽發(fā)動機的發(fā)明

...restaurants where coffee pots steamed on their burners.

咖啡壺在爐子上冒著熱氣的餐館

...a basket of steaming bread rolls.

一籃子熱騰騰的面包卷

Steam the carrots until they are just beginning to be tender...

將胡蘿卜蒸至剛好變軟。

Leave the vegetables to steam over the rice for the 20 minutes cooking time.

讓蔬菜在米飯上蒸 20 分鐘。

The Government was determined to go full steam ahead with its privatisation programme...

政府下決心要全力實施私有化計劃。

Plans are rolling full steam ahead for the Jamaica Festival.

慶祝牙買加節(jié)的準備工作正開展得如火如荼。

Regular exercise helps to combat unwanted stress and is a good way of relaxing or letting off steam.

經(jīng)常運動有助于擺脫多余的壓力,也是放松或宣泄情感的好辦法。

Just as the presidential campaign was picking up steam, riots exploded in Los Angeles.

正當總統(tǒng)競選活動的聲勢日益壯大時,洛杉磯爆發(fā)了暴亂。

I decided to paint the bathroom ceiling but ran out of steam halfway through.

我決定粉刷一下浴室的天花板,但干了一半就精疲力竭了。

Patients who are well enough to turn up under their own steam are well enough to wait to be seen by a doctor.

讓那些身體狀況不那么糟、還能自己來看病的病人花點時間候診沒什么問題。

真題例句

The high cost of steam and the lesser need for speed kept the majority of the world's ocean freight moving by sail until the early years of the 20th century.

出自-2014年6月閱讀原文

"In theory," says Vallentine, "this can create a high enough temperature to generate super-heated steam.

2018年12月六級真題(第二套)聽力 Section C

According to Harry Vallentine, a Canadian engineer who is researching modern steam technology, a special tank measuring 2 by 10 metres could store over 750 kilowatt hours of energy as high pressure steam, enough to pull a two-cart train for an hour or so.

2018年12月六級真題(第二套)聽力 Section C

As part of the upgrading of its rail yard, Kasselman, who is an inventor and self-proclaimed "steam visionary", is campaigning for a new steam train that runs without any fire and could run on an existing ten- kilometer line, driving tourists and perhaps

2018年12月六級真題(第二套)聽力 Section C

Energy to drive a steam locomotive can be stored in other materials besides water.

2018年12月六級真題(第二套)聽力 Section C

On the one hand, the drive to share is gathering official steam.

2017年12月六級真題(第二套)閱讀 Section B

The liquid is maintained above its melting point until steam is required, at which point the liquid is allowed to turn back into a solid, releasing its stored energy.

2018年12月六級真題(第二套)聽力 Section C

This would generate steam that could be used to fill tanks on a small steam train without the use of fire.

2018年12月六級真題(第二套)聽力 Section C

Determined, dad filled our plates with steaming stew and passed them around.

2015年高考英語四川卷 閱讀理解 閱讀B 原文

Finally, dad turned off the stove, the pot began to cool and the pressure relief valve sprayed out a cloud of steam.

2015年高考英語四川卷 閱讀理解 閱讀B 原文

Luckily, I discovered the job—data analyst—this month and have been going full steam ahead.

2016年高考英語北京卷 閱讀理解 閱讀A 原文

Steam engines were used to pull the carriages and it must have been fairly unpleasant for the passengers, with all the smoke and noise.

2017年高考英語全國卷2 語法填空 原文

The easiest is to steam it.

2016年高考英語全國卷3 閱讀理解 七選五 原文

The steam-powered printing press was still in its early stages; the literacy rate in england was under 50%.

2018年高考英語浙江卷 閱讀理解 閱讀A 原文

We've all known people who run out of steam before they reach life's halfway mark.

2019年高考英語天津卷 閱讀理解 閱讀D 原文

英英釋義

Noun
  • 1. water at boiling temperature diffused in the atmosphere

Verb
  • 1. travel by means of steam power;

    "The ship steamed off into the Pacific"

  • 2. emit steam;

    "The rain forest was literally steaming"

  • 3. rise as vapor

  • 4. get very angry;

    "her indifference to his amorous advances really steamed the young man"

  • 5. clean by means of steaming;

    "steam-clean the upholstered sofa"

  • 6. cook something by letting steam pass over it;

    "just steam the vegetables"

同義詞辨析

steam, vapour

這兩個名詞均有"蒸汽"之意。

  • steam: 通常指作為動力的蒸汽或水沸騰后產(chǎn)生的蒸汽或水汽。
  • vapour與steam??蓳Q用,多用于科體文章中,指臨界溫度下氣態(tài)的物質(zhì)。

同義詞

vt.煮,蒸

cook

n.力量;精力

forceenergypower

n.氣;水汽

smokevaporgas

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