| 单词 | hot |
| 释义 | hot (hɒt ) Word forms: hotter , hottest , hots , hotting , hotted 1. adjective A1 Something that is hot has a high temperature. When the oil is hot, add the sliced onion. What he needed was a hot bath and a good sleep. Metal-handled pans can get really hot and burn you. 2. adjective A1 Hot is used to describe the weather or the air in a room or building when the temperature is high. It was too hot even for a gentle stroll. It was a hot, humid summer day. My small greenhouse gets very hot when the sun is shining. Synonyms: warm, close, stifling, humid 3. adjective [usually verb-link ADJECTIVE] A1 If you are hot, you feel as if your body is at an unpleasantly high temperature. I was too hot and tired to eat more than a few mouthfuls. My head was reeling. I felt hot all over. 4. graded adjective [how ADJ, as ADJ as, ADJ-compar than] A1 You use hot to talk or ask about how high the temperature of something is. They are called incandescent lights, and their colour depends on how hot they are. Remember that the top of the oven will be hotter than the bottom. 5. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] A1 Hot food is intended to be eaten as soon as it is cooked, as opposed to food that you eat when it has cooled or that you do not cook at all. If you live alone, you might not want to cook a hot meal every day. 6. adjective B1 You can say that food is hot when it has a strong, burning taste caused by chillies, pepper, or ginger. ...hot curries. ...a dish that's spicy but not too hot. 7. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] A hot issue or topic is one that is very important at the present time and is receiving a lot of publicity. [journalism] The role of women in war is a hot topic of debate. Synonyms: intense, passionate, heated, spirited 8. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] Hot news is new, recent, and fresh. [informal] ...eight pages of the latest movies and the hot news from Tinseltown. 9. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] You can use hot to describe something that is very exciting and that many people want to see, use, obtain, or become involved with. [informal] The hottest show in town was the Monet Exhibition at the Art Institute. When I was last there, the hot place was the Royal Bachelors' Club. 10. adjective You can describe someone as hot if you think they are sexually attractive. [informal] He is incredibly hot. 11. adjective [usually verb-link ADJECTIVE] You can use hot to describe something that no one wants to deal with, often because it has been illegally obtained and is very valuable or famous. [informal] If too much publicity is given to the theft, the works will become too hot to handle and be destroyed. 12. adjective [usually verb-link ADJECTIVE] You can describe a situation that is created by a person's behaviour or attitude as hot when it is unpleasant and difficult to deal with. [informal] When the streets get too hot for them, they head south in one stolen car after another. 13. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] A hot contest is one that is intense and involves a great deal of activity and determination. [informal] It took hot competition from abroad, however, to show us just how good Scottish cashmere really is. 14. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] If a person or team is the hot favourite, people think that they are the one most likely to win a race or competition. Atlantic City is the hot favourite to stage the fight. 15. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] Someone who has a hot temper gets angry very quickly and easily. His hot temper was making it increasingly difficult for others to work with him. Synonyms: fiery, violent, raging, passionate 16. See also hot-tempered 17. to blow hot and cold phrase If someone blows hot and cold, they keep changing their attitude towards something, sometimes being very enthusiastic and at other times expressing no interest at all. The media, meanwhile, has blown hot and cold on the affair. [+ on/over/about] Synonyms: dither, vacillate, hesitate, waver 18. hot and bothered phrase If you are hot and bothered, you are so worried and anxious that you cannot think clearly or behave sensibly. Ray was getting very hot and bothered about the idea. [+ about] 19. get/have the hots for phrase If you say that one person has the hots for another, you mean that they feel a strong sexual attraction to that person. [informal] I've had the hots for him ever since he came to college. Phrasal verbs: hot up phrasal verb When something hots up, it becomes more active or exciting. [British] The bars rarely hot up before 1am. [VERB PARTICLE] Campaigning is expected to start hotting up today. [VERB PARTICLE] Idioms: drop something or someone like a hot potato or drop something or someone like a hot brick to get rid of something or someone as quickly as possible because they are difficult to deal with, or because you do not want them any more It is a rule of the tourism business that clients must feel happy on holiday. If a place gains a reputation for being unwelcoming, the trade drops it like a hot potato. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers have done something more than someone has had hot dinners [British] to have done something a great number of times The mountain guides have climbed more mountains than you and I have had hot dinners. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers hot under the collar annoyed about something Judges are hot under the collar about proposals to alter their pension arrangements. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers like a cat on hot bricks or like a cat on a hot tin roof very nervous or restless He's like a cat on hot bricks before a game. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers a hot button [US] a subject or problem that everyone is interested in or arguing over If crime is the city's issue most known to outsiders, rent control is the city's hot button for its residents. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers hot air false claims and promises In a sense, all the rhetoric about heightened co-operation can be seen as just so much hot air. There are still endless disputes. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers strike while the iron is hot to act immediately, while you have the best chance of succeeding at something This is the week to get plans off the ground. It's time to strike while the iron is hot. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers too hot to handle if someone or something is too hot to handle, you mean that they are so dangerous, difficult, or extreme that people do not want to be involved with them Even for someone of Mr Hurd's skill and experience, the situation proved too hot to handle. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers someone blows hot and cold said to mean that someone's attitude to something keeps changing, so that sometimes they seem enthusiastic or interested, and sometimes they do not The media, meanwhile, has blown hot and cold on the affair. said to mean that sometimes someone's work or performance is good, and sometimes it is not They seem to have blown hot and cold in their early matches. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers hot and cold [British] extremely worried or nervous, so that you feel as if your body is both hot and cold at the same time When she realized what she was reading she grew hot and cold all over. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers hot and bothered very upset or worried about something Sir Terence was astonished that everybody had got so hot and bothered about the affair. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers a hot potato a subject or problem that is very topical and controversial which most people would rather not have to deal with Racism is currently a hot potato in English football. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers in the hot seat in a position where you have to make important or difficult decisions, or answer difficult questions The club was formed in 1900 and since 1902 they have had only seven managers. Syd King was the longest-serving with 30 years in the hot seat from 1902. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers in hot water in a situation in which you have done something wrong and people are angry with you The author has previously been in hot water for alleged racism. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collocations: hot liquid Make a well in the centre of the dry ingredients, add the hot liquid and mix thoroughly. Times, Sunday Times Slowly incorporate into the hot liquid as per recipe. Times, Sunday Times Add the basil to the hot liquid and leave to infuse until cool. Times, Sunday Times It will wilt to fit, but give it a little persuasion by pushing it into the hot liquid with a wooden spoon. Times, Sunday Times Place the plums in the hot liquid and bring back to the boil. Times, Sunday Times Each camper was given a large metal frying pan with wooden handles, and the delicious hot meal was put into this. THE SECRET OF THE FORGOTTEN CITY (2002) This is not just about the delivery of a hot meal. The Sun (2015) It will be a headache for schools to provide the space for a big increase in the pupils eating a hot meal. Times, Sunday Times (2013) Not to mention the chance of a hot meal of meatballs, potatoes and lingonberry jam. The Sun (2012) They insist a hot meal is more nutritious than sandwiches. Times, Sunday Times (2013) Step one is to pop my fresh smoked cod into some hot milk. Times, Sunday Times (2016) Pour the hot milk and cream over the egg mixture and leave to stand for ten minutes. Times, Sunday Times (2013) Dissolve the gelatine in the hot milk and cool. A Passion for Food (1989) Mash in hot milk and melted butter. Times, Sunday Times (2011) Mix together the sugar and powdered milk and stir into the hot milk in a steady stream. Times, Sunday Times (2010) Slide the doughnuts into the hot oil using a spatula. The Sun (2015) Gently drop the rings into the hot oil and fry until golden brown on both sides. Times, Sunday Times (2007) Quickly fry patties in hot oil in two batches, allowing no more than a minute a side. Times, Sunday Times (2011) This is done by adding hydrogen to hot oil with a catalyst, usually a metal such as zinc, to change its form. The Sun (2006) She sang lullabies and rubbed hot oil on our chests in winter. Times, Sunday Times (2014) Elizabethan pastry cooks had specialist rolling pins and jagging irons, patty pans, long peels to put the pastry into the hot oven and pie dishes. The Times Literary Supplement (2015) You make a batter and you cook it in a very hot oven. The Sun (2012) Roast them in a hot oven with vegetables such as carrots, celery and onion. Times, Sunday Times (2016) On the day, heat two tablespoons of hot turkey or goose fat in a roasting tin in a hot oven. Times, Sunday Times (2016) Place on a baking sheet and cook in the hot oven for 10 min. Times, Sunday Times (2007) Brown a skirt steak in a hot pan for two minutes. The Sun (2013) Turn them over and keep in the hot pan. Times, Sunday Times (2016) Pour 60ml of your pancake mixture into the hot pan. The Sun (2016) Season the beef rib with salt and pepper and place in the hot pan. Times, Sunday Times (2007) Place in the hot pan and sear on all sides. Times, Sunday Times (2010) Continued from page 11 and a hot shower, add the odd hotel into the mix. Times,Sunday Times By that he must mean she won't have to join a two-mile queue for a hot shower. The Sun A rare coincidence of water and electricity means he has had a hot shower for the first time in weeks. Times, Sunday Times I liked it rather too much - not just the views of the snowy summits, but my room's antique wood-burning heater, fluffy quilt and hot shower. Times, Sunday Times And, for that matter, using a hairdryer or operating a washing machine - or even having a hot shower. Times, Sunday Times Hot steam really opens up your pores, so it's easier to remove all those impurities. The Sun You think of industry — the rushing forward of train and technology enveloped in angry swirls of hot steam. Times, Sunday Times Clouds of hot steam billowed from natural rock vents, giving you a free natural face sauna. Times, Sunday Times The middle layer protects firefighters from boiling water and hot steam. Houston Chronicle The phenol plant had three levels of steam and condensate collection that returned the hot steam condensate to the boiler house. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 We are not talking about merely a hot streak, either. Times, Sunday Times Should we expect another hot streak of form? The Sun City's hot streak now extends to 16 unbeaten — with 13 wins. The Sun He has scored 27 times this season and was on a hot streak of 14 in 14 before rupturing ligaments in his left ankle. The Sun United are the side on a hot streak after five wins on the trot but form could count for nothing. The Sun This is for the bridal shower, picnic or for a hot summer's day. Times, Sunday Times (2007) Sunset at the end of a blissfully hot summer's day in London would prompt a moment of nostalgic longing in the most hardened of cynics. Times, Sunday Times (2010) For the rest of us, it’s a hot sun and calypso on the loudspeakers and 700-horsepower pickup trucks in the parking lot. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In dry soil and hot sun it will wilt. Times, Sunday Times Both looked happy to have traded the hot seats for the hot sun. The Sun Minute after minute he battled on, grimacing with pain and sweating profusely in the hot sun. Times, Sunday Times You are cool in the hot sun, and for now, for as long as you stay in this perfect water, you are not alone. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It's then roasted at a hot temperature and served pink, sliced, rather than shredded, and eaten with plum sauce, spring onions, cucumber and pancakes. Times, Sunday Times When ready to serve, heat some olive oil to a hot temperature and pan fry the gnocchi until golden. Times, Sunday Times One end happens to be a constant hot temperature and the other end a constant cold temperature. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The park has a humus soil structure and hot temperature persists throughout the year. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Almost all these springs are at a very hot temperature, often at boiling point. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 True, this smoking hot tip doesn't reflect any insider knowledge. Times, Sunday Times He'd like everyone to be an internet star and has this hot tip to improve your selfies. Times, Sunday Times It's a hot tip she won't be big furlong ... The Sun They are a hot tip to go far in the show ... The Sun The hot tip of his indignation grows livid. Times, Sunday Times Variation of existing maintenance orders is a hot topic and there is a lack of certainty for those going to court. Times, Sunday Times (2009) Changing the city's form of government has been a hot topic for years. Houston Chronicle (2007) For example, the identification and functional analyses of integrin binding partners is currently a hot topic among many integrin researchers. The Scientist (2001) His first board meeting as chairman is in a few months and the hot topic will be the building. Times, Sunday Times (2015) Migration has become a hot topic only because the temperature has soared. Times, Sunday Times (2016) I should imagine he has to cover his entire face with a hot towel, then have it packed in ice, to prevent tendon damage. Times, Sunday Times Avocado bath suites squeezed into chilly former airing cupboards with, perhaps, a hot towel rail and a whirlpool jet in a freestanding bath tub for the more discerning homeowner. Times, Sunday Times That's worth an extra hot towel ... The Sun He spent the evening in his tux, wiping himself down with a hot towel and regaling us with anecdotes about the old days. Times, Sunday Times He sweated so profusely that someone handed him a hot towel to dry his brow. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The smells of hot wax and carbon mingled with pine and the sickly sweet fetor which old people exude when they are almost ready to go over. THE BROKEN GOD (2002) There was a strange, heady scent of perfume and hot wax. Times, Sunday Times (2014) So who is making the hottest wax? Times, Sunday Times (2013) Fungi like dark, moist, warm conditions, and tinea cruris tends to be more common during hot weather. Times, Sunday Times (2013) Adults also have behavioral problems with the elements, and especially in hot weather. Times, Sunday Times (2011) Thin cashmere or cubica is far preferable to cloth, which is intolerable in hot weather. Times, Sunday Times (2006) Horseflies in particular like hot weather, so they have become more active around breeding sites. Times, Sunday Times (2018) Despite the hot weather, the grass still had that Astroturf sheen the spring rain had given it. THE EXECUTION (2002) Translations: Chinese: 热 Japanese: 熱い |
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