单词 | steam-tank |
释义 | > as lemmassteam-tank C2. With reference to heating, cooking, or washing by steam, and in the names of implements and apparatus used in these processes, as steam-bakery, steam-bath, steam-box, steam-chamber, steam-chest, steam-coil, steam-kiln, steam-kitchen, steam-laundry, steam-oven, steam-pan, steam-pipe, †steam-pot, steam radiator, steam-table, steam-tank, steam-tube, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing oneself or body > [noun] > bathing > a bath > hot air or steam bath stew1390 stovec1485 stufe1541 stow1614 furo1615 Turkish bath1644 estuary1657 steam-bath1725 Russian bath1770 stufa1832 sweat-bath1877 sauna1881 shvitz1937 the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > heating or making hot > that which or one who heats > [noun] > a device for heating or warming > heater using steam steam radiator1725 steam heatera1884 pressure heater1893 1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Gooseberry-wine When it is thoroughly cold it is put into a Steam-Pot. 1794 J. B. S. Morritt Let. 24 June (1914) ii. 47 After a violent steam bath, they would run out and roll in the snow. 1797 Encycl. Brit. XVII. 772/2 Steam-Kitchen. 1827 M. Faraday Chem. Manip. iv. 133 The figure represents an arrangement in which a saucepan is converted into a temporary steam chamber. 1828 R. Duppa Trav. Italy 142 The steam-baths of Dædalus..consist of several sudorific grottos. 1832 Boston (Lincs.) Herald 20 Nov. 4/3 A new patent steam-oven for baking bread. 1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. I. xxxi. 421 We have passed wooden steam-tubes through the deck-house to carry off the vapors of our cooking-stove. 1857 W. A. Miller Elements Chem. III. 672 Heat, furnished by steam-pipes. 1862 Internat. Exhib.: Illustr. Catal. Industr. Dept. II. xxxi. 7/2 Steam Table for dishing up. 1862 Internat. Exhib.: Illustr. Catal. Industr. Dept. II. xxxi. 8/1 Steam Kettles of copper or block tin, for boiling meat, vegetables, puddings, &c. 1869 Ann. Rep. Commissioner Agric. 1868 427 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (40th Congr., 3rd Sess.: House of Representatives Executive Doc.) XV The food is cooked in a large steam-box. 1879 Bradstreet's 22 Nov. 2/1 In close rooms close stoves are better than steam radiators. 1897 W. D. Howells Landlord Lion's Head 142 The reeking steam-table, with its great tanks of soup and vegetables. 1903 G. Ade In Babel 29 For ten years it had braced itself against the onsweeping rush of big machine-shops and steam-bakeries. 1962 A. Lurie Love & Friendship xii. 228 That..asthma kind of like a steam radiator. 1977 C. McCullough Thorn Birds xi. 251 Hot nights in Gilly were bearable compared to this steam bath. < as lemmas |
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