steam
Old-fashioned; from before the digital ageOld-fashioned; from before the digital age.
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» I must let off steam.
Ich muss mal etwas Dampf ablassen. — Vortarulo
Мне надо выпустить пар. — marafon
Мені потрібно випустити пару. — deniko
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1 senses(not comparable)Old-fashioned; from before the digital age.
Examples
189 sentencesI must let off steam.
Мені потрібно випустити пару. — deniko
ruМне надо выпустить пар. — marafon
deIch muss mal etwas Dampf ablassen. — Vortarulo
The engine is driven by steam.
deDie Lokomotive wird von Dampf angetrieben. — al_ex_an_der
Tom needs to let off some steam.
deTom muss etwas Dampf ablassen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
I needed to blow off some steam.
ruМне нужно было выпустить пар. — Wezel
I need to blow off some steam.
ruМне нужно выпустить пар. — shanghainese
deIch muss etwas Dampf ablassen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Origin
From Middle English steem, stem, from Old English stēam (“steam, hot exhalation, hot breatFrom Middle English steem, stem, from Old English stēam (“steam, hot exhalation, hot breath; that which emits vapour; blood”), from Proto-Germanic *staumaz (“steam, vapour, breath”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂- (“to whirl, waft, stink, shake; steam, haze, smoke”). Cognate with Scots stem, steam (“steam”), West Frisian steam (“steam, vapour”), Dutch stoom (“steam, vapour”), Low German stom (“steam”), Swedish dialectal stimma (“steam, fog”), Latin fūmus (“smoke, steam”).
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