steampunk

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈstiːm.pʌŋk/

Noun

uncountable countable

(uncountable) A subgenre of science fiction that depicts advanced technology combined with Victorian style and aesthetics, such as steam-powered machines and vehicles, visible gears and screws and people dressed in 19th-century attires.

Japanese Meaning

スチームパンク：先進技術や蒸気機関を用いた機械が、ビクトリア朝時代のファッションや美意識と融合した、サブジャンルとしてのサイエンスフィクションの一形態。

What is this buttons?

The museum's new exhibit celebrated steampunk with towering steam engines, exposed brass gears, and visitors in elaborate Victorian costumes.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

博物館の新しい展示は、蒸気機関を基調としたビクトリア朝風のSFをテーマに、そびえ立つ蒸気エンジン、露出した真鍮の歯車、そして豪華なビクトリア朝風の衣装を着た来館者たちで彩られていた。

Details

Sense（1）

There's railroad trains, a lot of steam-driven stuff, but that's about it. More ‘steam punk’, I suppose.

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Sense（2）

(countable) A writer of steampunk fiction.

Personally, I think Victorian fantasies are going to be the next big thing, as long as we can come up with a fitting collective term for Powers, [James] Blaylock and myself. Something based on the appropriate technology of the era; like steam-punks, perhaps...

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