首页英语词典steamsteam的意思

steam

英 [stiːm] 美[stim]

英英释义同义词辨析词组搭配考试真题实用场景例句

近义词cook

vt. 蒸，散发；用蒸汽处理
n. 蒸汽；精力
vi. 蒸，冒水汽
adj. 蒸汽的

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词态变化

第三人称单数: steams;过去式: steamed;过去分词: steamed;现在分词: steaming;

助记提示

1. 有花儿是小溪(stream)，无花儿是蒸汽(steam)。因为只有小溪边儿才会长花。
2. 小溪(stream)边上没花儿是因为溪水变成蒸汽了(steam)，所以没有水花儿没法生长.

中文词源

steam 蒸汽，水气

来自古英语 steam,蒸汽，水气，来自 Proto-Germanic*staumaz,蒸汽，水气，可能与 stew 有词源上的联系。

英英释意

1. water at boiling temperature diffused in the atmosphere

英文词源

steam: steam: [OE] Steam comes from a prehistoric Germanic *staumaz, a word of uncertain origin which also produced Dutch stoom. It originally denoted any ‘vapour given off by something hot’; the specific modern sense ‘vapour from boiling water’ emerged in the 15th century.
steam (n.): Old English steam "vapor, fume, water in a gaseous state," from Proto-Germanic *staumaz (cognates: Dutch stoom "steam"), of unknown origin. Meaning "vapor of boiling water used to drive an engine" is from 1690s, hence steam age (1828) and many figurative uses, such as let off steam (1831, literal), blow off steam (1857, figurative), full-steam (1878), get up steam (1887, figurative). Steam heat is from 1820s in thermodynamics; as a method of temperature control from 1904.
We have given her six months to consider the matter, and in this steam age of the world, no woman ought to require a longer time to make up her mind. [Sarah Josepha Hale, "Sketches of American Character," 1828]
steam (v.): Old English stiemen, stymen "emit vapor, emit a scent or odor," from the root of steam (n.). Meaning "go by steam power" is from 1831. Transitive sense from 1660s, "to emit as steam;" meaning "to treat with steam" is from 1798. Slang steam up (transitive) "make (someone) angry" is from 1922. Related: Steamed; steaming.

同义词辨析

steam, vapour

这两个名词均有"蒸汽"之意。

steam：通常指作为动力的蒸汽或水沸腾后产生的蒸汽或水汽。

vapour与steam常可换用，多用于科体文章中，指临界温度下气态的物质。

考试真题

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

The easiest is to steam it.

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

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

词组搭配

get up (或 pick up) steam

generate enough pressure to drive a steam engine

开足蒸汽驱动发动机

(of a project in its early stages) gradually gain more impetus and driving force

（计划的早期）逐渐获得驱动力

his campaign steadily picked up steam.
他的竞选活动稳步地获得越来越多的动力。

have steam coming out of one's ears

(informal)be extremely angry or irritated

(非正式)大发雷霆，非常恼怒

in steam

(of a steam locomotive) ready for work, with steam in the boiler

（蒸汽机车）准备工作，准备发动，一切就绪

let (或 blow) off steam

(informal)(of a person) get rid of pent-up energy or strong emotion

(非正式)发泄被压抑的感情；泄怒

run out of (或 lose) steam

(informal)lose impetus or enthusiasm

(非正式)失去动力；失去热情

a rebellion that had run out of steam.
没了劲的反叛。

under one's own steam

(with reference to travel) without assistance from others

（旅行）靠自己的力量

we're going to have to get there under our own steam.
我们必须靠自己的力量到达那里。

under steam

(of a machine) being operated by steam

（机器）靠蒸气运行

实用场景例句

Steam rose from the boiling kettle.: 壶里的水开了，冒着蒸汽。

the introduction of steam in the 18th century: 18世纪蒸汽动力的采用

steam power: 蒸汽动力

the steam age: 蒸汽时代

a steam train/engine: 蒸汽火车 / 机

She wiped the steam from her glasses.: 她擦去眼镜上的水汽。

His election campaign is beginning to get up steam.: 他的竞选活动逐渐形成声势。

a mug of steaming hot coffee: 一大杯热气腾腾的咖啡

steamed fish: 蒸鱼

The boat steamed across the lake.: 汽船从湖上驶过。

He spotted her steaming down the corridor towards him.: 他看见她沿着走廊向他疾步走来。

(figurative)The company is steaming ahead with its investment programme.: 公司正抓紧实施自己的投资方案。

As he walked in, his glasses steamed up.: 他进去的时候，眼镜上起了一层雾。

In an electric power plant the heat converts water into high-pressure steam.: 在发电厂里，热能将水转化成高压蒸汽。

...the invention of the steam engine.: 蒸汽发动机的发明

...restaurants where coffee pots steamed on their burners.: 咖啡壶在炉子上冒着热气的餐馆

...a basket of steaming bread rolls.: 一篮子热腾腾的面包卷

Steam the carrots until they are just beginning to be tender...: 将胡萝卜蒸至刚好变软。

Leave the vegetables to steam over the rice for the 20 minutes cooking time.: 让蔬菜在米饭上蒸 20 分钟。

The Government was determined to go full steam ahead with its privatisation programme...: 政府下决心要全力实施私有化计划。

Plans are rolling full steam ahead for the Jamaica Festival.: 庆祝牙买加节的准备工作正开展得如火如荼。

Regular exercise helps to combat unwanted stress and is a good way of relaxing or letting off steam.: 经常运动有助于摆脱多余的压力，也是放松或宣泄情感的好办法。

Just as the presidential campaign was picking up steam, riots exploded in Los Angeles.: 正当总统竞选活动的声势日益壮大时，洛杉矶爆发了暴乱。

I decided to paint the bathroom ceiling but ran out of steam halfway through.: 我决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.: 让那些身体状况不那么糟、还能自己来看病的病人花点时间候诊没什么问题。