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steaminess

/stee-mee/US // ˈsti mi //UK // (ˈstiːmɪ) //

蒸煮性,蒸馏水,蒸煮,蒸馏器

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    steam·i·er, steam·i·est.

    • : consisting of or resembling steam.
    • : full of or abounding in steam; emitting steam.
    • : covered with or as if with condensed steam: a steamy bathroom mirror.
    • : hot and humid.
    • : Informal. passionate or erotic.

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Examples

  • Flash flood warnings and severe thunderstorm warnings were issued throughout the region as a cold front mixed with steamy air lodged over the Washington area, triggering multiple thunderstorms.

  • A slow-moving but strong cold front running into steamy air lodged over the Washington region will act as the trigger for multiple rounds of showers and storms Thursday afternoon and evening.

  • High humidity makes it feel even steamier and fuels the afternoon thunderstorms that roll in.

  • There are sweeping gestures, bountiful sexual tension and a steamy scene over the Manhattan Bridge that succeeds at making a subway ride romantic.

  • Ella’s steamy, verdant Thailand shifts to the cold, slate gray rain of Elena’s Paris.

  • Zilch, what with Showtime's other steamy sex-heavy drama, The Affair, stealing its thunder.

  • This is nudity as lifestyle, health, openness — not seamy or steamy.

  • We were careful with how we dealt with suspected patients and what we did with our primitive coverings, it was steamy.

  • The packed church had grown steamy with the approach of a summer storm.

  • The trailer was too sappy to go with my friends and the poster was too steamy to go with my parents.

  • This steamy heat is the very deuce to work in, and I'll be glad of the lay-off on Sunday.

  • Even the West-end was hot and steamy on that broiling August day.

  • A mouth ripped apart on the skull, and the chest began to move with a wet steamy sound in irregular gasps.

  • After the noise and steamy heat of the dining-room, this was an example our two friends were not sorry to follow.

  • Merry saw how the thing was done one steamy hot day at Palembang, and he saw quite stark and plain.