单词	steam engine
释义	steam engine noun : an engine driven or worked by steam specifically : a reciprocating engine having a piston driven in a closed cylinder by steam Example Sentences Recent Examples on the Web It’s a world created by Chad Carey, the steam engine behind full-tilt restaurants such as Hot Joy and Barbaro. Mike Sutter, San Antonio Express-News, 4 Aug. 2022 The development of coal and the steam engine in the 19th century, and diesel and oil in the 20th century, as well as nuclear power (for bombs and aircraft carriers), created economic and military powerhouses. Kenneth Rapoza, Forbes, 4 May 2022 Just as the steam engine changed the nature of trade in the U.S., and just as Amazon revolutionized global retail, so too could cannabis industry software and M&A activity forever alter the cannabis supply chain in this country and beyond. Alen Nguyen, Rolling Stone, 21 Apr. 2022 Nye: People like to say around the year 1750; this is when James Watt, who was a mechanical engineer, got a steam engine that worked very well. Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 4 June 2022 The Virginia Creeper Trail is a former Native American footpath (once used by Daniel Boone) and early 1900s rail line whose steam engine trains once delivered lumber to thriving Virginia and North Carolina sawmills. Anne Olivia Bauso, Travel + Leisure, 31 May 2022 From 1910-12 while based in Little Rock, Buis worked stints as a pipefitter, a machinist and a steam engine mechanic in the U.S. Canal Zone in Panama. Celia Storey, Arkansas Online, 30 May 2022 Riding by steam engine, passengers could cross the entire country in four days, enabling waves of Americans and immigrants to quickly occupy land that would otherwise take months to settle. al, 23 May 2022 In 1851, the Free Press bought a steam engine to power the paper's printing press, which is dubbed Peggy Ann for reasons now long lost. Dan Austin, Detroit Free Press, 5 May 2022 See More Word History First Known Use 1751, in the meaning defined above Kids Definition steam engine noun : an engine powered by steam
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