gather steam

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To increase in strength, popularity, or energy. informal,intransitive
    — He went on, “Like the term ‘Latinx,’ ‘queer’ was started by some humanities professor and slowly gathered steam. Then well-meaning radio producers and magazine editors thought, ‘Well, I guess that’s what they want to be called now!’ But I don’t remember any vote being taken.”

词形变化

gathers steam present,singular,third-person gathering steam participle,present gathered steam participle,past gathered steam past
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