steam

Từ điển Collocation

steam noun

ADJ. hot, scalding | high-pressure

QUANT. cloud, jet The saucepan on the cooker puffed little jets of steam.

VERB + STEAM emit, generate, produce

STEAM + VERB come, escape | rise Steam rose from her mug of cocoa. | condense | drive sth The engine is driven by steam. | hiss

STEAM + NOUN power | engine, locomotive, ship, train, turbine | age

PHRASES the age of steam Savour the sights and smells of the age of steam in the National Railway Museum.

Từ điển WordNet

    n.

  • water at boiling temperature diffused in the atmosphere

    v.

  • travel by means of steam power; steamer

    The ship steamed off into the Pacific

  • emit steam

    The rain forest was literally steaming

  • rise as vapor
  • get very angry

    her indifference to his amorous advances really steamed the young man

  • clean by means of steaming; steam clean

    steam-clean the upholstered sofa

  • cook something by letting steam pass over it

    just steam the vegetables

English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary

steams|steamed|steaming
syn.: cook energy force freshen gas power smoke soften vapor