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单词 steam up
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steam up

1. phrasal verb
If someone gets steamed up about something, they are very annoyed about it.
The general manager may have got steamed up about nothing. [get V-ed P + about]
I remember going to the lecture in my first week and getting very steamed up. [get V-ed P]
2. phrasal verb
When a window, mirror, or pair of glasses steams up, it becomes covered with steam or mist.
...the irritation of living with lenses that steam up when you come in from the cold. [VERB PARTICLE]
steamed-up adjective
The glass is all steamed up still.
See full dictionary entry for steam

steam up in British English

verb (adverb)
1. 
to cover (windows, etc) or (of windows, etc) to become covered with a film of condensed steam
2. (tr; usually passive) slang
to excite or make angry
he's all steamed up about the delay

steam up in American English

Informal
to make excited or angry
See full dictionary entry for steam

Examples of 'steam up' in a sentence
steam up

`Daft, isn't it, but who wanted oil when the engines were fired with coal and needed water to keep the steam up ?
Innes, Hammond HIGH STAND
She got a head of steam up, tried to work herself into a good solid rage.
Bart Davis DESTROY THE KENTUCKY (1992)

Chinese translation of 'steam up'

steam up

vi

  1. [window, mirror, spectacles] 蒙上水汽 (méngshàng shuǐqì)
    to get steamed up about sth (inf) 因某事而恼(惱)火 (yīn mǒushì ér nǎohuǒ)

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cook, See steam
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Nearby words of
steam up

  • steak
  • steal
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  • steam up
  • steamy
  • steel
  • steep
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