steam

steam
steam [sti:m]
1. noun
vapeur f ; (on window, mirror) buée f
• full steam ahead! en avant toute !
• to go full steam ahead [project] avancer sans perte de temps
• to pick up steam [train, ship] prendre de la vitesse ; [worker, project] démarrer vraiment
• to run out of steam [speaker, worker, project] s'essouffler
• under one's own steam par ses propres moyens
• to let off steam (inf) se défouler (inf)
2. transitive verb
( = cook) cuire à la vapeur
• to steam open an envelope décacheter une enveloppe à la vapeur
• to steam off a stamp décoller un timbre à la vapeur
3. intransitive verb
( = emit steam) fumer
4. compounds
[boiler, iron, turbine] à vapeur ; [bath] de vapeur
► steam-driven adjective à vapeur
► steamed up (inf) adjective
• to get steamed up about sth se mettre dans tous ses états à propos de qch
• don't get so steamed up about it! ne te mets pas dans tous tes états pour ça ! ► steam engine noun ( = train) locomotive f à vapeur
► steam room noun hammam m
► steam shovel noun (US) excavateur m
► steam up intransitive verb
[window, mirror] se couvrir de buée ; [bathroom] se remplir de buée
* * *
[stiːm] 1.
noun
1) (vapour) vapeur f; (in room, on window) buée f

powered by steam — à vapeur

2) (from pressure) pression f

full steam ahead! — fig en avant toute!

2.
noun modifier [bath, cloud] de vapeur; [iron, railway] à vapeur
3.
transitive verb faire cuire [quelque chose] à la vapeur [vegetables]

to steam open a letter — décacheter une lettre à la vapeur

steamed pudding — GB pudding cuit à la vapeur

4.
intransitive verb (give off vapour) fumer, dégager de la vapeur

to steam through the countryside — traverser la campagne en crachant des nuages de fumée

Phrasal Verbs:
••

to get up ou pick up steam — [machine] prendre de la vitesse; [campaign] prendre de l'importance

to run out of steam — s'essouffler; [worker] peiner

to let off steam — se défouler

under one's own steam — par ses propres moyens


English-French dictionary. 2013.

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