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词汇 steam up
释义
steam up
Theme: DRINKING - EXCESS
in. to drink heavily; to get drunk.
Fred and Mike were steaming up in the back room.Let's go down to the tavern and steam up, okay?
Idiom
steam upsteam up (something)
to become covered with a thin layer of small water drops.
Going into the warm room steamed my glasses up.They were sitting in the back seat of the car and the windows were all steamed up.

Phr V
steam up
steams, steaming, steamed
steam up (sth) or steam (sth) up
if a glass surface steams up, or if something steams it up, it becomes covered with very small drops of water
The bathroom mirror steamed up when I ran the hot water.
phrasesteam up1. steam up/get steamed up if a glass surface steams up or gets steamed up, it becomes covered with steam so that you cannot see anything through it: It was so hot inside that my glasses began to steam up.be steamed up I don't know what they were doing in the car, but the windows were all steamed up. SIMILAR TO: mist up, fog up2. get steamed up BrE informal to become very annoyed, angry, or excited about something: There's no point in getting steamed up - there's nothing we can do.be steamed up Some of the nurses at the hospital were really steamed up about the news. SIMILAR TO: get steamed AmE informal

steam up

To make someone very angry or upset. A noun or pronoun can be used between "steam" and "up." Hearing her talk about you like that really steamed me up.

steamed up

1. Very angry or upset. Hearing her talk about you like that made me really steamed up.
2. Heavily intoxicated. Please don't get too steamed up when you're out with John tonight.

steam someone up

 
1. Sl. to get someone excited. steam yourselves up and get in there and win this game! The coach can really steam up those guys.
2. si to get someone angry. This whole mess steamed me up but good. The long critical statement simply steamed up my opponent in the debate.

steam something up

to cause something to be covered with water vapor due to the presence of steam. Our breaths steamed the windows up. The hot shower steamed up the mirror.

steam up

 
1. Lit. to become covered with a film of steam or water vapor. The windows steamed up and we had to wipe them so we could see out. The window has steamed up, and I can't see.
2. to drink heavily; to get drunk. Fred and Mike were steaming up in the back room.

steamed up

Stirred up, aroused with ardor, excitement, anger, or other strong emotion, as in She was all steamed up about the results. The precise meaning depends on the context. [Colloquial; early 1900s]

steam up

v.
1. To fill some area with steam: The shower always steams up the mirror. The pot of boiling water is steaming the room up.
2. To make someone very angry. Used chiefly in the passive: I was really steamed up over the insult.

steam someone up

1. tv. to get someone excited. The coach can really steam up those guys.
2. tv. to get someone angry. (see also steamed (up).) This whole mess steamed me up but good.

steam up

in. to drink heavily; to get drunk. (see also steamed (up).) Let’s go down to the tavern and steam up, okay?

steamed (up)

1. mod. angry. Now, now, don’t get so steamed up!
2. mod. alcohol intoxicated and fighting. He was really steamed—and could hardly stand up. By midnight, Larry was too steamed to drive home, and he had to spend the night.
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