steam

steams 是 steam 的复数形式/第三人称单数,页面展示原形释义。
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  • 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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记忆方法

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.
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词族 · steam

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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。

英语词源

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.

权威例句

1. In 1941, the train would have been pulled by a steam engine.
1941年,火车本可以由蒸汽机车拉动。
2. 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。
3. Steam the carrots until they are just beginning to be tender.
将胡萝卜蒸至刚好变软。
4. 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。
5. Wallcoverings and floors should be able to withstand steam and splashes.
墙面材料和地板都应该能耐热汽且防水。

词语辨析

【vapour, steam】
这组词都有“蒸汽”的意思,其区别是:
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。
steam: 通常指作为动力的蒸汽或水沸腾后产生的蒸汽或水汽。

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