vapour

noun
🔊/ˈveɪpə(r)/
🔊/ˈveɪpər/
(US English vapor)
[countable, uncountable]
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  1. a mass of very small drops of liquid in the air, for example steam蒸气;潮气;雾气
    • water vapour水蒸气
    • The particles then form a vapour.然后这些微粒形成了蒸气。
    • There was a hissing sound, and clouds of vapour were emitted.只听见咝咝的声音,接着一团团的蒸气冒了出来。
    Topics Weatherc1, Physics and chemistryc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • water
    … of vapour/​vapor
    • cloud
    verb + vapour/​vapor
    • form
    • turn to
    • emit
    vapour/​vapor + verb
    • condense
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    Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin vapor ‘steam, heat’.