steam是什麽意思

steam

英 [stiːm] 美 [stim]

1. 有花兒是小溪(stream)，無花兒是蒸汽(steam)。因為隻有小溪邊兒才會長花。
2. 小溪(stream)邊上沒花兒是因為溪水變成蒸汽了(steam)，所以沒有水花兒沒法生長.

steam 蒸汽，水氣

來自古英語 steam,蒸汽，水氣，來自 Proto-Germanic*staumaz,蒸汽，水氣，可能與 stew 有詞源上的聯係。

steam: steam: [OE] Steam comes from a prehistoric Germanic *staumaz, a word of uncertain origin which also produced Dutch stoom. It originally denoted any ‘vapour given off by something hot’; the specific modern sense ‘vapour from boiling water’ emerged in the 15th century.
steam (n.): Old English steam "vapor, fume, water in a gaseous state," from Proto-Germanic *staumaz (cognates: Dutch stoom "steam"), of unknown origin. Meaning "vapor of boiling water used to drive an engine" is from 1690s, hence steam age (1828) and many figurative uses, such as let off steam (1831, literal), blow off steam (1857, figurative), full-steam (1878), get up steam (1887, figurative). Steam heat is from 1820s in thermodynamics; as a method of temperature control from 1904.
We have given her six months to consider the matter, and in this steam age of the world, no woman ought to require a longer time to make up her mind. [Sarah Josepha Hale, "Sketches of American Character," 1828]
steam (v.): Old English stiemen, stymen "emit vapor, emit a scent or odor," from the root of steam (n.). Meaning "go by steam power" is from 1831. Transitive sense from 1660s, "to emit as steam;" meaning "to treat with steam" is from 1798. Slang steam up (transitive) "make (someone) angry" is from 1922. Related: Steamed; steaming.

1. In 1941, the train would have been pulled by a steam engine.: 1941年，火車本可以由蒸汽機車拉動。

2. In an electric power plant the heat converts water into high-pressure steam.: 在發電廠裏，熱能將水轉化成高壓蒸汽。

3. Steam the carrots until they are just beginning to be tender.: 將胡蘿卜蒸至剛好變軟。

4. Plans are rolling full steam ahead for the Jamaica Festival.: 慶祝牙買加節的準備工作正開展得如火如荼。

5. Wallcoverings and floors should be able to withstand steam and splashes.: 牆麵材料和地板都應該能耐熱汽且防水。