单词 | steam |
释义 | Word Frequency steam(stiːm) noun 1. the gas or vapour into which water is changed when boiled 2. the mist formed when such gas or vapour condenses in the atmosphere 3. any vaporous exhalation 4. informal power, energy, or speed 5. get up steam 6. let off steam 7. under one's own steam 8. Australian slang cheap wine 9. (modifier) driven, operated, heated, powered, etc, by steam a steam radiator 10. (modifier) treated by steam steam ironed steam cleaning 11. (modifier) humorous old-fashioned; outmoded steam radio verb 12. to emit or be emitted as steam 13. (intransitive) to generate steam, as a boiler, etc 14. (intransitive) to move or travel by steam power, as a ship, etc 15. (intransitive) informal to proceed quickly and sometimes forcefully 16. to cook or be cooked in steam 17. (transitive) to treat with steam or apply steam to, as in cleaning, pressing clothes, etc Word origin Old English; related to Dutch stoom steam, perhaps to Old High German stioban to raise dust, Gothic stubjus dust |
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