靠蒸氣跑的船
這一支把蒸氣拿來推動整艘船。蒸氣做的功被換成前進的距離。
noun · B2
A ship driven by a steam engine. Steamers carried people and goods along rivers and across oceans, and today the word turns up most often in stories, old photos and writing about the past.
蒸汽船
核心畫面
One way to hold steamer is the thing that runs on steam. Water is heated until it turns to a hot white cloud, and that cloud is made to do work. On a ship the steam turns the wheels and drives the hull across the sea. In a kitchen it rises through a basket and cooks what sits above it. The -er names whatever is doing that job, so the word keeps pointing at the source of power rather than at a shape or a size.
steamer 可以想成「靠蒸氣做事的那個」。水被燒到變成白色的熱氣，而這團熱氣被拿來出力。在船上，它推動輪子，把整…更多收起
steamer 可以想成「靠蒸氣做事的那個」。水被燒到變成白色的熱氣，而這團熱氣被拿來出力。在船上，它推動輪子，把整艘船送過海。在廚房裡，它從下面升上來，把上面的食物弄熟。-er 只是說「做這件事的那一個」。所以這個字真正指的是動力來源，不是某個固定的形狀或大小。From the word’s history
The word is steam + -er, the thing that works by steam.
這個字是 steam 加上 -er 組成的，字面就是「靠蒸氣運作的那個」。
Wiktionary entry for steamer (etymology 1), supplied in the evidence packet (source_ref kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:1023572598): From steam + -er.
Three branches
靠蒸氣煮食物的器具
同一團蒸氣，這次不是拿來推東西，而是拿來加熱。工作換了，動力來源沒換。
noun · B1
A pot, basket or small machine that cooks food in hot steam. The food sits above boiling water and the rising steam cooks it, so the food never touches the water itself.
蒸鍋／蒸籠
像蒸汽一樣往前衝的人
這一支走的是 steam 當動詞的那一面：一路向前、不停腳。動力的畫面還在，只是換成了人在跑。
noun · C1
In British use, one of a large group of young people who rush together into a crowded public place, frighten the people there, take their bags or phones, and run off again. The word is informal and belongs with the verb steam used in this way.
集體行搶的青少年