vapor
vapor — 名詞
1. matter that takes a gaseous form, like the mist you see rising from a heated pan
蒸氣
液體或固體加熱後形成的氣態物質
matter that takes a gaseous form, like the mist you see rising from a heated pan or the fog that forms above a lake on a cold morning.
When Min boiled the water, white vapor rose from the pot and fogged up the kitchen window.
Min 把水煮沸時，白色蒸氣從鍋中升起，讓廚房窗戶蒙上一層霧。
subject + vapor + rise from [source]
The morning sun burned off the thin layer of vapor that hung over the lake at dawn.
清晨的陽光驅散了黎明時懸在湖面上的那層薄薄蒸氣。
Water vapor in the air turned into tiny drops on the surface of the cold glass.
空氣中的水蒸氣在冰涼的玻璃表面凝結成小水滴。
Chemical vapor drifted from the factory pipe into the sky above the town.
化學蒸氣從工廠管道飄向小鎮上方的天空。
Heather could see her breath turn into a small cloud of vapor in the freezing morning air.
Heather 在冰冷的早晨空氣中，看見自己的呼氣化成一團小小的蒸氣。
文法句型
water vapor
vapor + rises/forms
用法筆記
Used as an uncountable noun; may be modified by a preceding noun that identifies the source (e.g. 'water vapor', 'mercury vapor').
常見錯誤
2. an old-fashioned term for a sudden feeling of illness or weakness, often with di
昏眩
因驚嚇等原因突然感到虛弱不適
an old-fashioned term for a sudden feeling of illness or weakness, often with dizziness, believed in the past to be caused by shock or strong emotion.
In old novels, women characters often experienced the vapors after a shocking piece of news.
在舊小說裡，女性角色聽到震驚的消息後，往往會發作一陣昏眩。
phrase: the vapors
When Amira heard the name called out, she felt a wave of the vapors and had to sit down.
Amira 聽到那個名字被叫出來時，一陣昏眩襲來，她不得不坐下。
Victorian doctors sometimes diagnosed female patients with the vapors when no physical cause could be found.
維多利亞時代的醫生在找不出生理原因時，有時會把女性病人診斷為昏眩症。
The character in the play clutched her chest and declared she was overcome by the vapors.
戲裡的角色緊抓胸口，聲稱自己一陣昏眩發作。
文法句型
the vapors
have/feel the vapors
用法筆記
This sense is now considered historical or literary. It appears almost exclusively in the fixed plural phrase 'the vapors'. Modern English would use 'faintness', 'dizziness', or 'nausea' instead.
常見錯誤
vapor — 動詞
- vaporpresent simple I / you / we / they
- vapors3rd person singular
- vaporing-ing form
- vaporedpast simple
1. of a liquid or solid: to change into a gas or mist and move upward into the air,
蒸發
以蒸氣形式上升或散逸
of a liquid or solid: to change into a gas or mist and move upward into the air, especially when heated.
The spilled gasoline vapored off the hot road surface within a few minutes.
溢出的汽油在炙熱的路面上不到幾分鐘就蒸發了。
vapor + off [surface]
As the morning frost melted, it vapored quickly under the strong rays of the sun.
清晨的霜融化後，在強烈的陽光下很快就蒸發消散。
The alcohol on Apinya's skin vapored into the warm air, leaving a cool feeling behind.
Apinya 皮膚上的酒精在溫暖的空氣中蒸發，留下一股清涼的感覺。
After the rain stopped, water from the pavement vapored slowly in the afternoon heat.
雨停之後，路面上的水在午後的炎熱中緩慢地蒸發。
文法句型
vapor + off/from [source]
用法筆記
This intransitive verb is less common than the related 'evaporate' or 'vaporize'. It is mostly found in descriptive or literary writing about natural processes.
常見錯誤
2. of a thing: to send out or release vapor into the surrounding air.
冒蒸氣
釋放出蒸氣
of a thing: to send out or release vapor into the surrounding air.
The hot spring vapored gently in the cold mountain air, creating fog around the rocks.
溫泉在寒冷的山間空氣中微微冒著蒸氣，在岩石四周形成霧氣。
subject + vapor + adverb phrase
After the heavy rain, the warm earth vapored under the bright summer sun.
大雨過後，溫暖的泥土在明亮的夏日陽光下冒著蒸氣。
The cooling tower of the power plant vapored steadily throughout the afternoon.
發電廠的冷卻塔整個下午穩定地冒著蒸氣。
The pavement vapored after the sudden shower, making the street look hazy and soft.
驟雨過後路面冒著蒸氣，讓街道看起來朦朧而柔和。
文法句型
[source] vapors
用法筆記
Distinguish this sense from the first verb sense: here the subject is the source that releases vapor (e.g. ground, spring, tower), whereas the first sense describes the vapor itself rising. Both are intransitive.
3. to talk in a proud and tiresome way about things that are not real or important,
說大話
吹噓或空談不切實際的事
to talk in a proud and tiresome way about things that are not real or important, often with a lot of noise but little meaning.
At the party, Darius vapored for an hour about his so-called successes in business.
派對上，Darius 吹噓了一個小時他在事業上那些所謂的成功。
vapor + about [topic]
The old general vapored endlessly about battles he had never actually fought.
那位老將軍無止盡地吹噓他根本沒打過的戰役。
Arjun's friends grew bored of hearing him vapor about his imaginary travels around the world.
Arjun 的朋友們聽他說大話，講那些虛構的環遊世界經歷，越聽越無聊。
The two politicians sat around vaporing about grand plans that would never happen.
那兩個政客坐在一起空談那些永遠不會實現的偉大計畫。
文法句型
vapor + about/over [topic]
用法筆記
This meaning is now rare and formal. More common modern equivalents are 'brag', 'boast', or 'bluster'. It appears mostly in older literature or deliberately stylistic writing.