| 单词 | steam-bent |
| 释义 | > as lemmassteam-bent a. Instrumental, with participial adjectives, as steam-bent, steam-driven, steam-going, steam-hauled, steam-heated, steam-operated, steam-ridden (figurative), steam-set, steam-wrought; steam-like adj. Also with verbal nouns, as steam-bending, steam cleaning, steam-heating; and verbs, as steam-bend, steam-clean (transitive). ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > other cleaning methods, devices, or substances > clean by other miscellaneous methods [verb (transitive)] rakec1400 pickle1605 to rub down1682 thumb1768 steam-clean1835 bread1869 French-chalk1870 society > travel > rail travel > rolling stock > [adjective] > type of train carriaged1776 steam-hauled1835 steam-operated1835 jerkwater1852 articulated1884 vestibuled1890 multiple-unit1902 air-braked1905 collision-proof1906 pull-and-push1914 push-and-pull1927 sealed1949 drive-on1954 society > occupation and work > industry > manufacturing processes > perform general or industrial manufacturing processes [verb (intransitive)] > bend with aid of steam steam-bend1835 the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > other cleaning methods, devices, or substances > [noun] > methods steam cleaning1835 self-cleansing1837 self-cleaning1843 pickling1881 ion bombardment1952 society > occupation and work > industry > manufacturing processes > [noun] > processing > types of shaping process moulding1327 turningc1440 turnerya1680 turnery work1744 steam-bending1835 wheeling1882 fabrication1926 hot moulding1935 tableting1947 micromachining1955 society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > materials having undergone process > [adjective] > shaped by specific means or in specific way turnedc1440 steam-bent1835 monobloc1909 injection-moulded1947 press-moulded1951 the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > heating or making hot > [noun] > by specific means fire (or heat) of suppression1663 steam-heating1835 solar heating1903 the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > heating or making hot > [adjective] > heated or warmed > heated by specific means steam-heated1835 coal-fired1855 gas-fired1862 solar-heated1952 1835 A. Ure Philos. Manuf. 381 Attendants on steam-going looms. 1845 S. Judd Margaret i. xvii. 171 A steam-like vapor arose from the frozen River. 1852 C. W. Hoskyns Talpa 183 A steam-driven cultivator can be brought to bear. 1868 F. H. Joynson Metals in Constr. 54 A steam-wrought hammer. a1884 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Suppl. 861/1 In Campbell & Pryor's method of steam heating for dwellings, the steam boiler and radiators are inclosed in a heating room in the cellar. 1885 G. Allen Babylon I. xiii. 276 This steam-ridden nineteenth century. 1890 Harper's Mag. Sept. 576/1 The Kents lived in a steam-heated flat. 1901 Scotsman 4 Sept. 7/8 Instead of a steam-driven train every two hours they might have an electrically-driven train every half-hour. 1911 Rep. Labour & Social Conditions in Germany III. vi–vii. 110 The rooms are steam-heated. 1917 S. Graham Priest of Ideal iv. 53 This mansion, with its good roof and closed windows and doors, and probably steam-heating to keep out the damp. 1934 Discovery Nov. 314/1 In 1934 the German railways made some striking accelerations in the schedules of their steam-hauled expresses. 1936 Discovery Nov. 357/1 Accelerations of steam-operated trains in Great Britain continues. 1946 Nature 5 Oct. 474/1 This at once prompted Rudall to examine the effect of 50 per cent urea on steam-set β-keratin. 1949 Sun (Baltimore) 14 Dec. 5/2 Already, automobile ‘laundries’ and firms that steam-clean buildings have been told to cease operation. 1956 Handbk. Hardwoods (Forest Products Res. Lab.) 2 Classification of timbers according to their steam-bending properties is..based mainly on the minimum bending radius of sound, clear specimens 1 in. thick at a moisture content of about 25 per cent. 1956 Amer. Speech 31 86 Advertisement of Adelaide Steam Cleaning Service. 1962 J. T. Marsh Self-smoothing Fabrics ix. 122 It is not necessary to employ a special chamber for curing, but only the usual steam-heated cylinders or a stenter. 1962 J. T. Marsh Self-smoothing Fabrics ii. 9 The steam-set fabric has a pleasant handle, and good crease recovery. 1966 A. W. Lewis Gloss. Woodworking Terms 106 Oak, Japanese..easier to work than European oak. Steam-bends excellently. 1973 Times 4 Oct. 24/5 The chair is demountable and consists of eight wooden staves..steam-bent into a soft, flowing outline. 1977 Mod. Railways Dec. 493/3 Steam-hauled excursions would be operated over this short length. 1978 Detroit Free Press 2 Apr. 2 f/4 The natives claim ‘the diggers’, which is even more impolite than calling them Aussies, come to this spectacular thermal display to get their suits steam-cleaned for free. < as lemmas |
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