蒸汽机

蒸汽機

zhēngqìjī

noun #45,785

Measure Word

一台蒸汽机 tái

Meanings

1 steam engine

Characters

Examples

HSK 5

最早的火车是靠蒸汽机带动的。

Zuì zǎo de huǒchē shì kào zhēngqìjī dàidòng de.

The earliest trains were driven by steam engines.

HSK 7-9

这座博物馆里陈列着一台老式蒸汽机。

Zhè zuò bówùguǎn lǐ chénliè zhe yì tái lǎoshì zhēngqìjī.

This museum has an old steam engine on display.

Tips

history

瓦特 (James Watt) did not invent the steam engine, but his improvements in the 1760s and 1770s made it efficient enough to drive factories, and it became the symbol of the 工业革命 'Industrial Revolution'.

Stroke Order

蒸 zhēng

汽 qì

机 jī