名詞 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.
   雖然火車司爐盡快地將煤鏟進爐子，但火車一點也沒加快。
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.
   大多數(shù)人認為，停滯不動的電并不比架設(shè)在蒸汽機和要被傳動的機器之間的固定帶更有用。
3. In1768 the first steam engine appeared.
   在1768年出現(xiàn)了第一部蒸汽機。
4. It is said that James Watt's observation of steam issuing from a kettle gave birth to the idea of the steam engine.
   據(jù)說，詹姆斯·瓦特對水壺蒸氣的觀察使他產(chǎn)生了發(fā)明蒸汽機的想法。