This phrase comes from steam engines.

个短语来源于蒸汽。

Their answer finally came from an unexpected place — steam engines.

他们的答案最终来自一个意想不到的地方——蒸汽。

On the first day, I get to drive a steam engine.

第一天，我可以开一个蒸汽车。

These changes became possible because of inventions such as the steam engine.

些改变之所以能够实现，是因为有了诸如蒸汽的发。

The steam engine was a major technological breakthrough of the 19th century.

蒸气引擎是19世纪一项主要的科技突破。

The invention of the steam engine, the sewing machine, electricity, have all displaced jobs.

蒸汽、缝纫、电力的发都取代了很多工作。

He made all sorts of noises while he painted puffing like a steam engine.

他一边画 嘴里一边嘟囔着什么 抽烟就像蒸汽似的。

To air out concerns is a way of easing the pressure in our steam engine.

说是缓解内心压力的一种方式。

Now you put too much water into a steam engine, it can't do its job.

如果放太多水进蒸汽，它就无法正常运作。

Passengers were transported in carriages without windows, which were pulled through the narrow tunnels by steam engines.

运输乘客的客车没有窗子，客车依靠蒸气的动力在狭窄的隧道里穿梭。

Old trains used to be powered by steam engines that let out whistles as they passed through towns.

老式火车过去是由蒸汽驱动，当它们经过城镇时会鸣响汽笛。

At the start of the industrial revolution, engineers were trying to understand how to make steam engines more efficient.

在工业革命之初，工程师们试图了解如何使蒸汽更有效率。

He was a French weaver and merchant that married the loom with the steam engine to create autonomous looms.

他是一位法国织布工和商人，把蒸汽与织结合，制造了自动织。

When placed under pressure, steam can supply energy for heating, cooking, or mechanical work, as in a steam engine.

在压力下，水蒸汽可以为加热、烹饪或械设备提供能量，例如蒸汽。

But it turned out that thermodynamics could explain the behaviour of a lot more than just steam engines.

但事实证，热力学不仅仅可以解释蒸汽的特性。

At first the steam engine was used in mines, but it was soon used in factories and on the railways.

起初蒸汽是用于煤矿中的，但是很快它也被用在工厂和铁路中。

A steam engine pulled into the station.

一辆蒸汽驶入车站。

In 1810, a German printer named Friedrich Koenig started working on a printing press that was connected to a steam engine.

1810年，一位名叫弗里德里希·科尼格的德国印刷工开始研制一台与蒸汽相连的印刷。

It was powered by a major invention, the steam engine.

它由一项重大发——蒸汽——提供动力。

Now let’s see how this plays out in a steam engine.

现在让我们看看在蒸汽中是如何发挥作用的。