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steamer

/stee-mer/US // ˈsti mər //UK // (ˈstiːmə) //

蒸汽机,蒸笼,蒸锅,蒸气机

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : something propelled or operated by steam, as a steamship.
    • : a person or thing that steams.
    • : a device, pot, or container in which something is steamed.
    • : soft-shell clam.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to travel by steamship.

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Examples

  • The camp’s dinner is served at a big communal tent near the shoreline, with the fruits of the local seas—clams, steamers, mussels, and lobster—figuring heavily among the offerings.

  • A milk steamer and frother combo, which typically has a higher capacity than the average milk frother, makes three cups to over a quart of steamed milk.

  • If you don’t have cabbage leaves, you can place the fish in a pie plate, and set that in the steamer.

  • Fill the pot with just enough water to reach the bottom rim of the steamer.

  • Place the fish in the steamer on its belly, if possible, making sure the water is at a high simmer.

  • One minute the script, the next a story about Ivor Novello's tailor or the Tahiti steamer schedule in the Thirties.

  • Toledo is a tough city, a factory town, a freight train junction, a lake steamer port.

  • Steamer service on the Amazon had turned a journey of three months into one of mere days.

  • In calm contrast to the hurry of sailing vessel and steamer a silent fleet of white warships lay motionless in midstream.

  • The steamer trunks under the windows are for storing toys and for dressing up clothes.

  • The day before the steamer reached Southampton, Mamma asked her if she would not like to see the ayah again.

  • Dinner was spread in the cabin of that peerless steamer, the New World, and a splendid company were assembled about the table.

  • The cheerful sound of music came from the deck of a big saloon steamer, bearing its crowd of noisy tourists.

  • Very often we hardly know how a steamer or a sailing vessel looks, much less the mode of life on board them.

  • Down coast, and Whitehaven; the manager of the company was my friend, and would allow the steamer to drop me at Peel.