The engine is letting off steam to relieve the pressure in the boiler.
机车在放蒸汽, 以减少锅炉的气压。

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But soon there arose from some remote part -- it might easily have been either cellar or attic -- a stertorous, monotonous, regular snoring, a dull, prolonged rumbling, varied by tremors like those of a boiler under pressure of steam.
但是过不了一会儿,不知从什么地方,从说不清哪个方向,
许是从地窖,
许是从阁楼,响起了一阵有力的、单调的、有节奏的鼾声,那是一种低沉而持续的声音,还带着汽
在蒸汽的压力下颤抖的声响。