steam engine

名词 steam engine:

1. external-combustion engine in which heat is used to raise steam which either turns a turbine or forces a piston to move up and down in a cylinder

1. Although the engineer shoveled the coal in as fast as he could, the steam engine would go no faster.
   虽然火车司炉尽快地将煤铲进炉子，但火车一点也没加快。
2. Most people know electricity standing still is no more useful than is a stationary belt between a steam engine and a machine to be driven.
   大多数人认为，停滞不动的电并不比架设在蒸汽机和要被传动的机器之间的固定带更有用。
3. In1768 the first steam engine appeared.
   在1768年出现了第一部蒸汽机。
4. It is said that James Watt's observation of steam issuing from a kettle gave birth to the idea of the steam engine.
   据说，詹姆斯·瓦特对水壶蒸气的观察使他产生了发明蒸汽机的想法。