vapour
vapour
(美 vapor)
noun
vaporous
adjective
vaporousness
noun
vapourish
adjective
adjective
语源
(美 vapor)
noun
- [mass noun]a substance diffused or suspended in the air, especially one normally liquid or solid
蒸汽；汽；雾
dense clouds of smoke and toxic vapour.
成团的浓厚烟尘与有毒汽雾。
[count noun]petrol vapours.
石油蒸气。
■[count noun](Physics)a gaseous substance that is below its critical temperature, and can therefore be liquefied by pressure alone
(物)汽。 比较gas
■(the vapours)(dated)a sudden feeling of faintness or nervousness or a state of depression
(旧)癔病性忧郁；郁气
- [no obj.]talk in a vacuous, boasting, or pompous way
吹牛；吹嘘；自夸
he was vapouring on about the days of his youth.
他不停吹嘘自己年青岁月。
vaporous
adjective
vaporousness
noun
vapourish
adjective
- (archaic)(古)
adjective
语源
- late Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin vapor 'steam, heat'. The current verb sense dates from the early 17th cent
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