Water becomes steam in the boiler.

水在锅炉内产生蒸汽。

The thick steam in the room made the furniture moist.

屋子里浓重的水蒸气使得家具受潮。

The thick steam in the Bathroom had made the walls moist.

浴室内很浓的水蒸汽把墙壁弄潮了。

The pressure of steam in the engine is controlled by this button.

发动机中蒸汽的压力由这个按钮控制。

The pressure of steam in the engine is controlled by this button.

这台蒸汽机的蒸汽压力是由这个按钮控制的。

Yes. This was the earliest instance of making use of steam in human history.

是啊。这可是人类历史上最早利用水蒸气的范例。

From small beginnings, the movement has picked up steam in the past five years.

尽管起点很低，在过去的5年里，该运动也在不断升级。

Likewise, a revolt against the status quo is just starting to gather steam in many parts of Asia and Africa.

一样的，对现实的反叛，也开始在亚洲和非洲的许多国家开始集聚能量。

Protests have gained steam in the past month, with demonstrators blocking traffic and in some cases disrupting the flow of fuel and food supplies.

过去一个月里，各地的抗议活动此起彼伏，抗议人士在一些地方阻断了交通，有的时候还迫使食品以及燃油的运输不得不中断。

What’s more, the Italian cases lend support to an idea that has been gathering steam in recent years: that wakefulness and sleep are not mutually exclusive.

另外，意大利病人的例子佐证了一个近年来呼声渐高的观念：觉醒和睡眠并不是那么泾渭分明的。

The origins of the ancient custom are in doubt but its future seems secure-the festival has gained steam in recent years with the addition of fireworks and laser light shows.

这种古老习俗目前起源未明，但它无疑会保留下来。近年来，元宵活动中还加入了烟火燃放和激光表演，让节日更添生机。

Many New Year dieting resolutions is now running out of steam in Britain, a survey shows, despite a trend towards longer-term dieting as opposed to celebrity-inspired quick fixes.

跟明星倡导的快速减肥法不同，长期减肥已渐渐成为一种新潮流。尽管如此，一项调查显示，很多英国人的新年减肥决心已开始慢慢动摇。

Just the concept of a Steampunk Spacesuit presents a plethora of logistical problems (steam in space?) but it's nice to dream, and the proto-steampunkers of the 19th century were great dreamers.

蒸汽朋克宇航服似乎有个逻辑问题，太空里怎么搞蒸汽？ 但是这个点子还是很棒的，19世纪最初的那些蒸汽朋克一族都是伟大的梦想家。

In 1941, the train would have been pulled by a steam engine.

1941年，火车可能已由蒸汽机车来牵引了。

In theory, says Valentijn, this can create a high enough temperature to generate superheated steam.

瓦伦坦泰因说，理论上，这可以创造一个足够高的温度来产生过热蒸汽。

"In theory," says Valentine, "this can create a high enough temperature to generate superheated steam."

“理论上，”瓦伦丁说，“这可以产生一个足够高的温度来产生过热的蒸汽。”

Energy to drive a steam locomotive can be stored in other materials besides water.

驱动蒸汽机车的能量可以储存在除水以外的其他物质中。

They occur primarily in regions of recent volcanic activity as hot, dry rock; natural hot water; or natural steam.

地热能主要以干热的岩石、自然热水或自然蒸汽的形式出现在近期火山活动的区域。

By 1800 more than a thousand steam engines were in use in the British Isles, and Britain retained a virtual monopoly on steam engine production until the 1830s.

到了1800年，一千多台蒸汽机在不列颠群岛运行，直到19世纪30年代，英国一直垄断着蒸汽机的生产。

By holding in rather than venting "steam", we set the stage for future explosions.

通过控制而非释放“情绪蒸汽”，我们为日后的情绪爆发埋下了伏笔。

With a hiss of steam, lava flows into the Pacific Ocean in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, Hawaii.

冒着嘶嘶作响的蒸汽，熔岩流入夏威夷火山国家公园的太平洋水域。

Then steam power entered the scene, putting the whole future of waterpower in doubt.

随后，蒸汽动力登上了历史舞台，让整个水力发电的前景一度遭到了怀疑。

The cold-bed batch type steam dyeing process for woolen yarn by reactive dyes is described in this book.

本书介绍了羊毛纱线活性染料的冷床间歇式蒸染色方法。

However, the arrival of the steam engine initiated a complete transformation in rail transportation, entrenching and expanding the Industrial Revolution.

然而，蒸汽机的出现引发了铁路运输的彻底变革，并巩固和拓展了工业革命的成果。

This is the same arrangement found in an old-fashioned steam radiator, in which the coiled pipes pass heat back and forth as water courses through them.

这个结构与老式蒸汽暖气片相同，水流经散热器时，热量通过盘管来回输送。

In the late 1700s James Watt designed an efficient and commercially viable steam engine that was soon applied to a variety of industrial uses as it became cheaper to use.

18世纪晚期，詹姆斯·瓦特设计了一种高效的、商业上可行的蒸汽机，随着它的使用成本越来越低，它很快被应用于各种工业用途。