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steamer 音標拼音: [st'imɚ] n. 汽船,蒸汽機 汽船,蒸汽機 steamer n 1: a clam that is usually steamed in the shell [ synonym: { soft- shell clam}, { steamer}, { steamer clam}, { long- neck clam}] 2: a cooking utensil that can be used to cook food by steaming it 3: a ship powered by one or more steam engines [ synonym: { steamer}, { steamship}] 4: an edible clam with thin oval- shaped shell found in coastal regions of the United States and Europe [ synonym: { soft- shell clam}, { steamer}, { steamer clam}, { long- neck clam}, { Mya arenaria}] v 1: travel by means of steam power; " The ship steamed off into the Pacific" [ synonym: { steamer}, { steam}] Steamer \ Steam" er\ (-[~ e] r), n. 1. A vessel propelled by steam; a steamship or steamboat. [ 1913 Webster] 2. A steam fire engine. See under { Steam}. [ 1913 Webster] 3. A road locomotive for use on common roads, as in agricultural operations. [ 1913 Webster] 4. A vessel in which articles are subjected to the action of steam, as in washing, in cookery, and in various processes of manufacture. [ 1913 Webster] 5. ( Zool.) The steamer duck. [ 1913 Webster] { Steamer duck} ( Zool.), a sea duck ({ Tachyeres cinereus}), native of Patagonia and Terra del Fuego, which swims and dives with great agility, but which, when full grown, is incapable of flight, owing to its very small wings. Called also { loggerhead}, { race horse}, and { side- wheel duck}. [ 1913 Webster] 26 Moby Thesaurus words for " steamer": Dungeness crab, Japanese crab, blue point, clam, coquillage, crab, crawdad, crawfish, crayfish, langouste, limpet, littleneck clam, lobster, mussel, oyster, periwinkle, prawn, quahog, scallop, shellfish, shrimp, snail, soft- shell crab, steamboat, steamship, whelk
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