单词 | red-hot |
释义 | red-hot 1. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] Red-hot metal or rock has been heated to such a high temperature that it has turned red. ...red-hot iron. Synonyms: very hot, burning, heated, steaming 2. adjective A red-hot object is too hot to be touched safely. In the main rooms red-hot radiators were left exposed. 3. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] Red-hot is used to describe a person or thing that is very popular, especially someone who is very good at what they do or something that is new and exciting. [journalism] Some traders are already stacking the red-hot book on their shelves. He's a red-hot guitarist. 4. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] If someone or something is described as red-hot, they show a lot of passion, enthusiasm, or excitement. [informal] ...a red-hot sex-life. ...a red-hot fury she had never realized she possessed. Synonyms: passionate, thrilling, sexy, arousing 5. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] The red-hot favourite in a race or contest is a person or team that is strongly expected to win. [informal, emphasis] His team are red-hot favourites. Synonyms: clear Collocations: red-hot iron Now imagine you've got someone in the delivery room with a red-hot iron, branding the name of your company on its little tumtum. Times,Sunday Times In the ordeal of fire, the person has to walk a certain distance carrying a red-hot iron ball in his hand. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Next, a red-hot iron from the coals of a nearby fire would be touched to the powder trail. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The manuscript shows a four-legged stand supporting a bulbous bottle, while the gunner stands well back, firing the charge with a red-hot iron bar. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The viscid mass bubbled quietly but grandly, and overran the border of the crater, descending several hundred feet in a glowing wave, like red-hot iron. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 烧红的 Japanese: 赤熱した |
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