| 单词 | steam packets |
| 释义 | steam /stēm/noun
ORIGIN: OE stēam; Du stoom steamed adjective steamˈer noun
steamˈie noun (Scot) A public laundry steamˈily adverb steamˈiness noun steamˈing noun
steamˈy adjective
steam bath noun A steam-filled compartment, eg one at a Turkish bath, etc in which to refresh oneself by sweating, etc, or one in a laboratory for sterilizing equipment steamˈboat, steamˈship or steam vessel noun A vessel driven by steam steam boiler noun A boiler for generating steam steam car noun A car propelled by steam steam chest noun (engineering) A chamber above a steam boiler serving as a reservoir for steam and in which the slide valve works steam coal noun Coal suitable for raising steam steamˈ-drivˈen adjective steam engine noun Any engine worked by steam steamer clam noun A soft-shell clam steamer duck noun A large duck of S America whose swimming action is suggestive of the motion of a steamer with a paddle wheel on each side steam gauge noun A pressure gauge for steam steam governor noun The governor (qv) of a steam engine steam hammer noun A vertical hammer worked by steam steamˈ-haul transitive verb and intransitive verb To draw (a conveyance for goods, passengers, etc) along rails by means of chains, etc attached to a stationary steam engine steaming lights plural noun (nautical) Compulsory white navigation lights carried on the masts of all vessels at sea, indicating their presence (and course) at night steam iron noun An electric iron having a compartment in which water is heated to provide steam to dampen fabrics for easier ironing steam jacket noun A hollow casing formed around a steam engine cylinder and supplied with steam to prevent condensation of the steam in the main cylinder steam launch noun A large steam-driven boat steam locomotive noun A self-propelled steam engine and boiler mounted on a wheeled frame, such as a railway engine steam navvy or steam shovel noun An excavator driven by steam steam organ noun A calliope steam packet noun A steam vessel plying between certain ports steam port noun An opening from the valve-face to the cylinder of a steam engine for the passage of steam steam power noun The force or agency of steam when applied to machinery steamˈpunk noun A genre of science fiction set in an era of steam power, esp Victorian Britain, and usu featuring innovative inventions or alternative historie steam radio noun (facetious) Sound radio, considered old-fashioned in comparison with television steamˈ-roller noun
transitive verb (informal)
steam room noun A room filled with steam, for use as a steam bath steamship see steamboat above. steam shovel see steam navvy above. steamˈtight adjective Impervious to steam steam trap noun A contrivance for allowing the passage of water but not of steam steam turbine noun An engine in which expanding steam acts on blades attached to a drum steam vessel see steamboat above. steam whistle noun A whistle sounded by the passage of steam full steam ahead
get up steam
let off steam
run out of steam (informal) To be forced to stop through loss of impetus, strength or energy steamed up (informal) Indignant (see also steam up below) steam open To soften the gum of, and peel open (sealed envelopes) under exposure to steam steam up (of windows, etc) to become or cause to become dimmed with condensed vapour under one's own steam By one's own unaided efforts |
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