steamの意味・使い方・発音

steam

英 [stiːm] 美 [stim]

蒸気水蒸気水ガス

古英語のsteam, steam, water gasから。原語ゲルマン語*staumaz, steam, water gasが語源で、おそらくシチューと語源的に関連している。

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、汽車は蒸気機関車で引っ張ることができた。

2.Inan electric power plant the heat converts water into high-pressure steam .: 発電所では、熱エネルギーが水を高圧蒸気に変換する。

3. Steam the carrots until they are just beginning to be tender.: ニンジンをちょうど柔らかくなるまで蒸します。

4.Plans are rolling full steam ahead for the Jamaica Festival.: ジャマイカ祭の準備が盛んに行われている。

5.Wallcoverings and floors should be able to withstand steam and splashes.: 壁面材料も床も蒸気に強く防水できるはずです。