摘要：n. 蒸汽，水蒸气；水汽，雾气；蒸汽动力（压力）；力量，势头；蒸汽机车

steam

xunchi外语

英 [stiːm] 美 [stiːm]

n. 蒸汽，水蒸气；水汽，雾气；蒸汽动力（压力）；力量，势头；蒸汽机车

v. 散发蒸汽，冒热气；蒸（食物）；（以蒸汽为动力）行驶；快速行走，疾行；（使）蒙上水汽；蒸汽洗涤，蒸汽处理；用蒸汽软化（尤指胶水）；开始战斗，投入战斗；（一群贼）（在匆忙通过公共场所时）顺路盗窃（或抢劫）；用蒸汽开动（机车）

adj. 蒸汽的

[ 第三人称单数 steams 现在分词 steaming 过去式 steamed 过去分词 steamed ]

短语

steam locomotive [铁路] 蒸汽机车 ; 蒸气火车 ; 汽机车

steam boiler 锅炉 ; 锅炉式蒸汽电熨斗 ; 蒸气锅炉

superheated steam [热] 过热蒸汽 ; 热蒸汽 ; 过热蒸气

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柯林斯英汉双解大词典

steam /stiːm/ CET4 TEM4 ( steaming, steamed, steams )

1.

N-UNCOUNT Steam is the hot mist that forms when water boils. Steam vehicles and machines are operated using steam as a means of power. 蒸汽

例：

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

在发电厂里，热把水转换成高压水蒸汽。

2.

V-I If something steams, it gives off steam. 冒蒸汽

例：

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

…饭店里咖啡壶在炉子上冒着热气。

3.

V-T/V-I If you steam food or if it steams, you cook it in steam rather than in water. 蒸

例：

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

把胡萝卜蒸到刚好变软。

例：

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

把蔬菜放在米饭上蒸20分钟。

4.

PHRASE If something such as a plan or a project goes full steam ahead, it progresses quickly. 全速推进

例：

The administration was determined to go full steam ahead with its reform programme.

当局决心全速推进其改革方案。

5.

PHRASE If you run out of steam, you stop doing something because you have no more energy or enthusiasm left. 筋疲力尽 [非正式]

例：

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

我决定要粉刷浴室天花板，但干了一半就筋疲力尽了。

词组短语同近义词同根词词语辨析

steam turbine 汽轮机；蒸汽轮机；蒸汽透平

steam injection 蒸汽喷射，蒸汽注入；射汽法

steam pressure n. 蒸汽压力

steam generator 蒸汽发生器；蒸汽锅炉；蒸汽发电机

steam distillation 蒸汽蒸馏

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双语例句原声例句权威例句

Who invented the steam engine?

谁发明了蒸汽机？

《牛津词典》

Steam had clouded the mirror.

水蒸气使镜子变得模糊不清。

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Steam rose from the boiling ke

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