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N-UNCOUNT
蒸汽;水蒸氣
Steam is the hot mist that forms when water boils. Steam vehicles and machines are operated using steam as a means of power.
例句
In an electric power plant the heat converts water into high-pressure steam.
在發電廠里，熱能將水轉化成高壓蒸汽。
...the invention of the steam engine.
蒸汽發動機的發明
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VERB
冒蒸汽;冒熱氣
If something steams, it gives off steam.
例句
...restaurants where coffee pots steamed on their burners.
咖啡壺在爐子上冒著熱氣的餐館
...a basket of steaming bread rolls.
一籃子熱騰騰的面包卷
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V-ERG
蒸(食物)
If you steam food or if it steams, you cook it in steam rather than in water.
例句
Steam the carrots until they are just beginning to be tender...
將胡蘿卜蒸至剛好變軟。
Leave the vegetables to steam over the rice for the 20 minutes cooking time.
讓蔬菜在米飯上蒸 20 分鐘。
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PHRASE
進展迅速;全速前進
If something such as a plan or a project goes full steam ahead, it progresses quickly.
例句
The Government was determined to go full steam ahead with its privatisation programme...
政府下決心要全力實施私有化計劃。
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。
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PHRASE
發泄怒火;宣泄情感
If you let off steam, you get rid of your energy, anger, or strong emotions with physical activity or by behaving in a noisy or violent way.
例句
Regular exercise helps to combat unwanted stress and is a good way of relaxing or letting off steam.
經常運動有助于擺脫多余的壓力，也是放松或宣泄情感的好辦法。
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PHRASE
(信念、計劃、項目等)變得越來越重要，開始發展壯大
If a belief, a plan, or a project picks up steam, it starts to develop and become more important.
例句
Just as the presidential campaign was picking up steam, riots exploded in Los Angeles.
正當總統競選活動的聲勢日益壯大時，洛杉磯爆發了暴亂。
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PHRASE
精疲力竭;喪失熱情;泄氣
If you run out of steam, you stop doing something because you have no more energy or enthusiasm left.
例句
I decided to paint the bathroom ceiling but ran out of steam halfway through.
我決定粉刷一下浴室的天花板，但干了一半就精疲力竭了。
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PHRASE
靠自己的力量
If you do something under your own steam, you do it without any help from anyone else.
例句
Patients who are well enough to turn up under their own steam are well enough to wait to be seen by a doctor.
讓那些身體狀況不那么糟、還能自己來看病的病人花點時間候診沒什么問題。