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vapour 中文解釋 wordnet sense Collocation Usage Collins Definition
  1. vapor: a visible suspension in the air of particles of some substance
  2. vaporization: the process of becoming a vapor
  3. (vapours) blues: a state of depression; "he had a bad case of the blues"
  4. A vapor (American spelling) or vapour (see spelling differences) is a substance in the gas phase at a temperature lower than its critical temperature. This means that the vapor can be condensed to a liquid or to a solid by increasing its pressure without reducing the temperature.
  5. (Vapours (illness)) The term referring to illnesses known as Vapours (or vapors) is an archaic form for certain mental or physical states, such as hysteria, mania, clinical depression, bipolar disorder, fainting, withdrawal syndrome, mood swings or PMS, ascribed primarily to women and thought to ...
  6. (Vapours (Islands album)) Vapours is the third studio album by Montreal-based Indie band, Islands. It was released on September 22, 2009. Talking to Pitchfork, Diamonds told how he stripped away many of the layers present on the previous Islands album, 2008's Arm's Way. ...
  7. The gas phase component of a liquid or solid; The gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid; To become vapour; to be emitted or circulated as vapour; To turn into vapour; To use insubstantial language; to boast or bluster
  8. (THE VAPOURS) What all the ladies used to get. Men could get them too, but they weren't allowed to admit it.  It is an old term that referred to the blues, even to the point of severe depression or hysteria. Good thing the term fell out of use. Just wouldn't sound right singing the vapours?
  9. (Vapours) Vapour is a special term for the steam that occurs when cooking or baking. As well as air and water, it consists mainly of tiny grease particles.
  10. (vapours) tears; a fit of crying: e.g., She's got the vapours because she didn't get her own way.
  11. a gaseous form of a material which is normally solid or liquid at room temperature and pressure.
  12. The gaseous state of water in the atmosphere.
  13. Rather loosely applied to any aeriform substance or phase. Perhaps the best eighteenth century definition was any aeriform substance that could be liquefied by cold.
  14. This is inhaled and exhaled by the user. Vapour delivers the nicotine, flavoring and sensation often referred to as 'the Throat Hit'.
  15. A liquid dispersed and suspended in the air in the form of very small drops.
  16. The gaseous form of any substance. (2) A visible condensation such as fog, mist, or steam, suspended in air.
  17. The gas formed by the evaporation of liquids.
  18. Gaseous form of a substance.
  19. gaseous phase of a liquid