steam
美 [stim]
英 [stiːm] 
- n.蒸汽;水蒸气;水汽;蒸汽动力
- v.蒸发;散发蒸汽;冒水汽;蒸(食物)
- 网络水蒸汽
词形变化
第三人称单数:steams 现在分词:steaming 过去式:steamed 同义词
英汉双解
1. | 水蒸气;蒸汽the hot gas that water changes into when it boils |
| Steam rose from the boiling kettle. 壶里的水开了,冒着蒸汽。 |
2. | 蒸汽动力the power that is produced from steam under pressure, used to operate engines, machines, etc. |
| the introduction of steam in the 18th century 18 世纪蒸汽动力的采用 |
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| a steam train/engine 蒸汽火车;蒸汽机 |
3. | 水汽very small drops of water that form in the air or on cold surfaces when warm air suddenly cools |
| She wiped the steam from her glasses. 她擦去眼镜上的水汽。 |
1. | [i] 蒸发;散发蒸汽;冒水汽to send out steam |
| a mug of steaming hot coffee 一大杯热气腾腾的咖啡 |
2. | [t][i] ~ (sth) 蒸(食物)to place food over boiling water so that it cooks in the steam; to be cooked in this way |
3. | [i] + adv./prep. 依靠蒸汽动力行驶to move using the power produced by steam |
| The boat steamed across the lake. 汽船从湖上驶过。 |
4. | [i] + adv./prep. 快速行走;疾行to go somewhere very quickly |
| He spotted her steaming down the corridor towards him. 他看见她沿着走廊向他疾步走来。 |
| The company is steaming ahead with its investment programme. 公司正紧锣密鼓地实施自己的投资方案。 |
习惯用语
full speed/steam ahead
全速前进;全力with as much speed or energy as possible
get up/pick up steam
声势逐渐强大;渐成气候;慢慢活跃起来to become gradually more powerful, active, etc.
| His election campaign is beginning to get up steam. 他的竞选活动逐渐形成声势。 |
逐渐提速to increase speed gradually
let off steam
释放精力;发泄怒气;宣泄感情to get rid of your energy, anger or strong emotions by doing sth active or noisy
run out of steam
筋疲力尽;丧失热情to lose energy and enthusiasm and stop doing sth, or do it less well
get, etc. somewhere under your own steam
靠自己的力量去某处to go somewhere without help from other people
be/get (all) steamed up (about/over sth)
(变得)非常气愤,非常激动to be/become very angry or excited about sth
英汉解释
英英解释
例句
Most people know electricity standing still is no more useful than is a stationary belt between a steam engine and a machine to be driven.
大多数人认为,停滞不动的电并不比架设在蒸汽机和要被传动的机器之间的固定带更有用。
That could take some of the steam out of China's nascent recovery, and with it a return in healthy demand for oil.
这可能削弱中国刚刚开始的经济复苏的一部分动力,同时阻碍原油需求回归正常水平。
The long hot streak at the box office seems to be losing steam, just as the summer hits.
在夏季来临之际,美国票房持续已久的火爆形势看来要失去动力了。
It remains to be seen how much that perspective becomes another way for China to let the West blow off steam while it moves coolly ahead.
目前仍然要看这种设想能在多大程度上,在中国走得太过时,能成为让西方发泄抑制的感情另一种方式。
he took , when he was a school - boy , to constructing steam - engines out of saucepans.
当他还是个小学生的时候,他就喜欢用小锅做蒸汽机。
The result of invention of steam engine was that human power was replaced by mechanical power.
蒸汽机发明的结果是机械动力代替了人力。
The invention of steam engine by Watt marked the end of great tradition of labor with hands and the beginning of a new era of machinery.
瓦特蒸汽机的发明标志着手工劳动这一伟大传统的结束和机器时代的到来。
Of his skills as a carpenter, he said, "You will see downstairs there is a steam bath that I built myself in one weekend. "
谈到他拥有的木匠技能,他说:「你在楼下会看到一间蒸汽浴室,是我利用一个周末独力完成的。」
The invention of the steam engine helped manufactures by giving them cheaper power to work their machines. Machines took the place of men.
而蒸汽发动机的发明,使得产品可以用更廉价的动力驱动机器生产,于是,机器取代了人工操作。
With an earsplitting burst of superheated steam, the contraption lifts Ross gently into the air and, for a few noisy seconds, he is flying.
随着加热的蒸汽发出震耳欲聋的爆鸣声,装置缓缓将罗斯推到空中,闹哄哄的几秒钟后,他就在自由飞行了。
I imagined steam rising from my head as I ranted. But a part of me was as shocked as the people still standing in line.
我能想象我咆哮时从我头顶升起的怒气,但我惊讶的发现人们仍然整齐的排成一队。
Prof Prasad said: "The engines of world growth are running out of steam while the trailing wagons are going off the rails. "
普拉萨德教授表示:“世界经济增长的各大发动机正在失去动力,而后面拖着的车厢正在脱轨。”
The result of the invention of the steam engine was that human power was replaced by mechanical power.
蒸汽机发明的结果是机械力代替了人力。
It would be a return, in a way, to a time when old-fashioned steam engines once worked in the fields.
到时,老式的蒸汽机又将穿行在田间,从某个角度来看,这真是一种“倒退”。
This energy heats oil flowing through the pipe, and the heat energy is then used to generate electricity in a conventional steam generator.
这能源热涂油水于流动过管,而且热能源然后用来在一个传统的蒸气产生器中产生电力。
The new steam out of brandy should be at least more than a year aging in oak barrels.
新蒸出的白兰地至少应在橡木桶中陈酿一年以上。
Mark had to take his boss's rough criticisms all day and he would blow off steam at home by scolding his children.
马克对老板成天粗暴的批评只得忍气吞声,而回到家里就骂孩子出气。
Other times they simply run out of steam trying to get somewhere, but getting nowhere.
另一些时候,他们只是没有到达目标的气力而迷失方向。
The invention of thhe steam engine changed ships just as it had changed land transport.
农村的发明蒸汽机的改变就像它已经改变了船只陆路运输。
Now, at the surface of the sea, the eruption was spewing[6] gas and steam thousands of feet into the air.
现在,火山喷出的气体和蒸气升到数千英尺的高空。
Such cells should not be confused with solar collectors, the devices used to heat buildings and produce steam to generate electricity.
这种电池与太阳捕集器--用于建筑物采暖并生产蒸汽来发电的装置--是不同的。
Today's talk will steam up the economic cooperation between our two countries.
今天的会谈必将会促进我们两国间的经济合作。
A natural escape of hot fluids from the steam reservoir should be prevented by cap rocks with low permeability.
只要存在通透性能低的盖层,蒸气储放热流体就不会自行外逸。
The hot mist on the surface of the water is steam.
水表面的高温雾状气体叫做蒸汽
Because of danger from scalding steam, the public was banned from the area and all visitors escorted.
因为滚烫的蒸气有危险,公众是不许进入这一地区的,并且所有来访者都得有人陪同。
The steam has misted the windows over.
蒸气使窗户模糊不清。
Vapours steam upward from the earth.
水汽从地面上升起。
In our plant, technical innovation gets up steam.
我们厂的技术革新的劲头增加了。
Steam had clouded the mirror.
水蒸气使镜子变得模糊不清。
Steam was injected into the pan for 45 minutes.
盘中喷入蒸汽45分钟。
It's no use talking further-we should only get up steam.
再谈也没有用了--我们应该打起精神。
As it happened, the steam released a chemical used to preserve the skirts, making the girl ill, actually sending her to hospital.
结果蒸汽碰巧使为保存裙子而使用的化学品释放出来,使女孩生了病,竟然被送到了医院。
"I don't think we've seen the bottom for the euro this year but this latest down leg is running out of steam, " he said.
“我认为欧元今年尚未触底,但最近的跌势失去动能,”他表示。
The invention of the steam engine changed ships just as it had changed land transport.
蒸汽机的发明使船舶发生了变化,正如其已经改变了陆地运输一样。
As he's flying around the stratosphere letting off steam, he spots Wonder Woman lying on her back stark naked sunbathing on the beach.
当他在高空飞行发泄精力的时候,看见神奇女郎正在海滩上一丝不挂做日光浴。
These underground reservoirs of steam and hot water can be tapped to generate electricity or to heat and cool buildings directly.
这些地下水库的蒸汽和热水可以被开发用来发电或直接为大楼调节冷暖。
Well, if the steam from so little water is so strong, why would not the steam from a great deal of water be a great deal stronger?
噢,如果这么一点点水产生的蒸气力量有那么大,那末大量的水产生的蒸气力量不就大得多了吗?
eg, There is no freedom to blow off steam or to do something just a little crazy!
有一点自吹自擂或做点疯狂事情的自由!
I implied that the word stew today refers to a steaming mixture of food. It is the steam that in turn gave the name to the pot.
我前面说过,现在的这个stew指的是混合蒸煮后的食物。而烧这道菜的锅的名字从steam而来。
Sometimes if I'm losing creative steam, I leave the office early so I can regroup and come back fresh the next day.
有时候,如果我丧失了创新的灵感,我会早早离开办公室,因此我可以整理思绪,并且在第二天带着新鲜回到这里。
Too often we throw caution to the wind and run full steam ahead, doing what feels right at the moment.
我们太容易将警示抛之脑后,全力奔跑去完成我们在当时认为正确的事情。
There was a small release of radioactive steam at Three Mile Island in 1979, and there have also been a few releases at Fukushima Daiichi.
1979年三里岛核电站事故中便是有少量带放射性同位素的蒸汽泄露。
Some see in it a force directly pertaining to heroes, as the peasant sees the devil in the steam-engine.
有些人把它看作英雄们天赋的力量,犹如那个农夫以为机车里有鬼;
Breathe on a diamond. If the steam disappears at once, the diamond is real. If it stays for a few seconds, the diamond is forged.
在钻石上哈口气。如果钻石表面的水汽立即消失,则为真钻石。若停留几秒钟才消失的是假钻石。
Now whenever I see a classic steam-train, I imagine it has an enormous grey face on the front of it.
现在每当我看到一辆经典的蒸汽火车,我就会想象火车头呈现出那张巨大的灰色的脸。
It would be a return, in a way, to a time when older steam engines once worked in the fields.
从某种程度上说,人们可能会回到旧蒸汽机工作在田野上的时代。
To do that I must completely change my point of observation and study the laws of the motion of steam, of the bells, and of the wind.
要明白其究竟,我必须完全改变观察点,去研究蒸汽、教堂大钟及风力的运动规律。
Lightning held only terror for man until he made of electricity his servant. Steam was only so much waste until man learned to harness it.
当人们利用电能为自己服务之前对闪电只有恐惧,人们一直认为蒸汽是一种浪费知道人们了解了可以利用它来驱动机器。
You can heat the biomass, irradiate it with gamma rays, grind it into a fine slurry, or subject it to high-temperature steam.
我们可以加热生质原料、以γ射线照射、绞成细碎的泥状,或以高温蒸汽熏蒸;
It's easy to let off steam after something negative has happened, and some people believe it's good for your mental health to do this.
这很容易让一些消极的宣泄发生后,一些人认为正是这种良好的做你的精神健康。
'There seems to be a head of steam building up on a cross-party basis around the social mobility and fair access agenda, ' he says.
他认为:似乎有股力量为社会流动性和公平入职议程(thesocialmobilityandfairaccessagenda)构建了跨党派基础。