| 单词 | water vapour |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswater vapour water vapour n. (originally) water droplets suspended in air, esp. in the form of mist or steam (now rare); (in later use) water in its (invisible) gaseous phase. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > gas > [noun] > fumes or vapour > water in the form of > present in the atmosphere water vapoura1475 a1475 in Neuphilol. Mitteilungen (1957) 58 64 (MED) Þe son, by his operacion and accion,..takethe and pullethe up water-vapours. 1778 London Evening-Post 3 Feb. To prepare and apply medicinal water vapour and dry baths. 1880 A. Geikie Elem. Lessons Physical Geogr. (new ed.) ii. 44 By the term water-vapour, or aqueous-vapour, is meant the invisible steam always present in the air. 1908 Westm. Gaz. 31 Jan. 2/1 The latest statement by Sir William Huggins on the existence of water-vapour on Mars is that there is no conclusive proof. 2003 Focus July 38/3 In our Solar System, only the Earth has a large quantity of water vapour in its atmosphere. < as lemmas |
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