steamer
Word family
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++steam·er /ˈstiːmə $ -ər/ noun [countable] 1. TTWa steamship 汽船，大轮船2. DFUa container used to cook food in steam 汽锅，蒸锅 →4 See picture on 见图 Page A5 Where to eat 吃东西的地方3. a member of a large group of young people who go into a public place, surprise and frighten the people there, and then rob them 〔大批涌入公共场所，对人实施恐吓抢劫的〕结帮抢劫者，团伙抢劫者Examples from the Corpus
steamer• From there a steamer took him to New York in twenty days.• A very similar species is the flying steamer duck.• In 1895 Sunderland was added to the ports of call down the East Coast now being served by four steamers.• Mississippi steamers all had the instruments which could be heard for miles.• So crack open those musty steamer trunks.• Salim makes good his escape on the steamer - bound, we take it, for his bride.• On the steamers and barges nobody was even hit.steam·er nounChineseSyllable
a steamship Corpus
steamer
steam‧er /ˈstiːmə $ -ər/
noun [countable]1. a steamship
2. a container used to cook food in steam
3. a member of a large group of young people who go into a public place, surprise and frighten the people there, and then rob them
steam‧er /ˈstiːmə $ -ər/
noun [countable]1. a steamship2. a container used to cook food in steam
3. a member of a large group of young people who go into a public place, surprise and frighten the people there, and then rob them
