steam

英[stiːm]
美[stiːm]

基本释义

  • n.水蒸气; 蒸发; 精力
  • v.蒸发; 疾行

词性变化

实用例句

Steam rose from the boiling kettle.

壶里的水开了,冒着蒸汽。

牛津词典

the introduction of steam in the 18th century

18世纪蒸汽动力的采用

牛津词典

steam power

蒸汽动力

牛津词典

the steam age

蒸汽时代

牛津词典

a steam train/engine

蒸汽火车 / 机

牛津词典

She wiped the steam from her glasses.

她擦去眼镜上的水汽。

牛津词典

His election campaign is beginning to get up steam.

他的竞选活动逐渐形成声势。

牛津词典

a mug of steaming hot coffee

一大杯热气腾腾的咖啡

牛津词典

steamed fish

蒸鱼

牛津词典

The boat steamed across the lake.

汽船从湖上驶过。

牛津词典

He spotted her steaming down the corridor towards him.

他看见她沿着走廊向他疾步走来。

牛津词典

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

公司正抓紧实施自己的投资方案。

牛津词典

As he walked in, his glasses steamed up.

他进去的时候,眼镜上起了一层雾。

牛津词典

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。

真题例句

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月阅读原文

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

2018年12月六级真题(第二套)听力 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月六级真题(第二套)听力 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月六级真题(第二套)听力 Section C

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

2018年12月六级真题(第二套)听力 Section C

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

2017年12月六级真题(第二套)阅读 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月六级真题(第二套)听力 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月六级真题(第二套)听力 Section C

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

2015年高考英语四川卷 阅读理解 阅读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年高考英语四川卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

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

2016年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读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年高考英语全国卷2 语法填空 原文

The easiest is to steam it.

2016年高考英语全国卷3 阅读理解 七选五 原文

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

2018年高考英语浙江卷 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

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

2019年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

英英释义

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。