steam

steam
steam
A n
1 (vapour) vapeur f ; (in room, on window) buée f ; vegetables cooked in steam légumes cuits à la vapeur ; machines/trains powered by steam machines/trains à vapeur ; steam rose from the ground la vapeur montait du sol ; my breath turned to steam in the cold je faisais de la buée en respirant dans le froid ;
2 Mech (from pressure) pression f ; to get up ou raise steam mettre la chaudière sous pression ; the locomotive is under steam la locomotive est sous pression ; full steam ahead! Naut, fig en avant toute!
B modif [bath, cloud] de vapeur ; [cooking] à la vapeur ; [boiler, iron, railway] à vapeur.
C vtr Culin faire cuire [qch] à la vapeur [vegetables] ; steamed carrots carottes à la vapeur ; steamed pudding GB pudding cuit à la vapeur.
D vi
1 (give off vapour) [kettle, pan, soup] fumer ; [water] bouillir ; [engine, machine] fumer ; [horse, ground, volcano] fumer ;
2 Rail the trains used to steam across ou through the countryside autrefois les trains traversaient la campagne en crachant des nuages de fumée ;
3 ○ (move fast) se précipiter.
Idioms
to get up ou pick up steam [machine, vehicle] prendre de la vitesse ; [campaign] prendre de l'importance ; to run out of steam [athlete, orator, economy] s'essouffler ; [worker] peiner ; to let ou blow off steam (use excess energy) se défouler ○ ; (lose one's temper) se mettre en colère ; to get somewhere under one's own steam se rendre or aller quelque part par ses propres moyens.
Phrasal verbs
■ steam ahead fig to steam ahead in the polls progresser dans les sondages ; she's steaming ahead with her thesis sa thèse avance bien.
■ steam off :
▶ steam off [train] s'éloigner dans un nuage de vapeur ; [person] (in anger) partir furieux/-ieuse ;
▶ steam [sth] off, steam off [sth] décoller [qch] à la vapeur [stamp, wallpaper].
■ steam open :
▶ steam [sth] open, steam open [sth] décacheter [qch] à la vapeur [envelope, letter].
■ steam up :
▶ steam up [window, glasses] s'embuer ;
▶ steam [sth] up embuer [window] ; to get steamed up fig [person] se mettre dans tous ses états (over à propos de).

Big English-French dictionary. 2003.

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