steam

Denizione di  steam - dizionario di inglese del sito grammaticainglese.org - definizione traduzione e spiegazione grammaticale


Definizione monolingua steam



steam


Verb

steam (third-person singular simple present steams, present participle steaming, simple past and past participle steamed)


  1. (cooking, transitive) To cook with steam
  2. (intransitive) To produce or vent steam.
  3. (intransitive, figuratively) To become angry; to fume; to be incensed.
  4. (transitive, figuratively) To make angry.
    It really steams me to see her treat him like that.
  5. (intransitive) To be covered with condensed water vapor.
    With all the heavy breathing going on the windows were quickly steamed in the car.
  6. (intransitive) To travel by means of steam power.
    We steamed around the Mediterranean.
  7. (figuratively or literally) To move with great or excessive purposefulness.
    If he heard of anyone picking the fruit he would steam off and lecture them.
    • 2010 December 29, Chris Whyatt, “Chelsea 1 - 0 Bolton”, BBC:
      That was the hard work largely done as the Ivorian waited for Malouda to steam into the box before releasing a simple crossed pass which the Frenchman side-footed home with aplomb.
Noun

steam (uncountable)


  1. The vapor formed when water changes from liquid phase to gas phase.
  2. Pressurized water vapour used for heating, cooking, or to provide mechanical energy.
  3. (figuratively) Internal energy for motive power.
    After three weeks in bed he was finally able to sit up under his own steam.
  4. (figuratively) Pent-up anger.
    Dad had to go outside to blow off some steam.
  5. A steam-powered vehicle.
  6. Travel by means of a steam-powered vehicle
Adjective

steam (not comparable)


  1. Old-fashioned; from before the digital age.
    • 1989, “Despite the eras technological marvels, wireless is still magic”, Toronto Star:
      Tom Earle, a CBC radio veteran now compiling audio archives in Ottawa, used to refer to the medium in which he worked as ""steam radio""
    • 2000 January 10, Bill Pannifer, “Sore eyes”, The Independent:
      Unlike the Web, old-fashioned steam television must be viewed in sequence in order to pick out those rare bits of useful information.
    • 2002 September 5, Alex Kirby, “Summit diary: Aftermath”, BBC News:
      In the old days of steam journalism, after cleft sticks had been phased out but before the advent of e-mail, there used to be a fairly sure-fire way of getting your story to the news desk.
    • 2004 April 2, “Ima player. Its time to move on”, Telegraph.co.uk:
      Fox has been at Capital since 1988, where he lurks a little in the shadow of Chris Tarrant, the radio stations monolithic star who has helmed the plum breakfast show slot since the steam radio dawn of time.


Definizione italiano>inglese steam


vapore
  water vapor
  Il vapore che si forma quando l'acqua dallo stato liquido passa allo stato gassoso.
  The vapor formed when water changes from liquid phase to gas phase after reaching its boiling point.
vapore acqueo
  The gas phase of water.
evaporare
fumare
fumo
gas

Altri significati:


Traduzione 'veloce'



vapore ,vapore acqueo ,evaporare ,fumare ,fumo


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