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(chē)司爐盡快地將煤鏟進(jìn)爐子，但火車(chē)一點(diǎn)也沒(méi)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(rèn)為，停滯不動(dòng)的電并不比架設(shè)在蒸汽機(jī)和要被傳動(dòng)的機(jī)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(jī)。
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(shuō)，詹姆斯·瓦特對(duì)水壺蒸氣的觀察使他產(chǎn)生了發(fā)明蒸汽機(jī)的想法。