Steam is the hot mist that forms when water boils. Steam vehicles and machines are operated using steam as a means of power.
In an electric power plant the heat converts water into high-pressure steam.
在发电厂里,热把水转化成高压水蒸汽。
steam up
When a window, mirror, or pair of glasses steams up, it becomes covered with steam or mist.
the irritation of living with lenses that steam up when you come in from the cold.
大冷天走进屋里时镜片会蒙上水汽的烦恼。
full steam ahead
If something such as a plan or a project goes full steam ahead, it progresses quickly.
The administration was determined to go full steam ahead with its reform programme.
当局决心全力实施其改革方案。
run out of steam
If you run out of steam, you stop doing something because you have no more energy or enthusiasm left.
I decided to paint the bathroom ceiling but ran out of steam halfway through.
我决定要粉刷浴室天花板,但干了一半就筋疲力尽了。
steams , steaming , steamed
If something steams, it gives off steam.
restaurants where coffee pots steamed on their burners.
饭店里咖啡壶在炉子上冒着热气。
If you steam food or if it steams, you cook it in steam rather than in water.
Steam the carrots until they are just beginning to be tender.
把胡萝卜蒸到刚好变软。
Leave the vegetables to steam over the rice for the 20 minutes cooking time.
把蔬菜放在米饭上蒸20分钟。