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vapour

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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va·pour British English, vapor American English /ˈveɪpə $ -ər/ ●○○ noun  [countable, uncountable]HP a mass of very small drops of a liquid which float in the air, for example because the liquid has been heated 蒸气;水汽 evaporation water vapour 水蒸气
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vapourThus, at various stages in the column the descending liquid and the ascending vapour are in equilibrium.It was inflated with liquid rubber monomer under its own vapour pressure.We had to staple a polythene vapour barrier to the rafters of a pitched roof.At a distance, the figures of Lucier and Izzie stood like souls in purgatory, chest-deep in the seething vapour.The swept vapour screen may be best employed for 3-D computer displays and component visualisation.The vapour might condense and fall on the slopes as a new sort of lubricant snow.The vapour of his breath feathered in a trail behind him as he moved through the cold bushes towards the stream.Or will more water vapour feed the warming process?
va·pour nounChineseSyllable
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vapour
vapour British English, vapor American English /ˈveɪpə $ -ər/ noun
[uncountable and countable] a mass of very small drops of a liquid which float in the air, for example because the liquid has been heated ⇨ evaporation:
    water vapour


va·pour (especially US vapor) BrE /ˈveɪpə(r)/ 🔊NAmE /ˈveɪpər/ 🔊 noun [countable, uncountable] a mass of very small drops of liquid in the air, for example steam 蒸气;潮气;雾气water vapour水蒸气