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单词 hotting-up
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hotting-upn.

Brit. /ˌhɒtɪŋˈʌp/, U.S. /ˌhɑdɪŋˈəp/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: hot v., -ing suffix1, up adv.1
Etymology: < hot v. + -ing suffix1 + up adv.1, after to hot up at hot v. Phrasal verbs.
An increase in tension, excitement, passion, etc.; an intensification. Cf. to hot up 3 at hot v. Phrasal verbs.
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the world > relative properties > quantity > increase in quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > increase in intensity
intention1603
intension1610
exasperation1633
exaltation1729
intensation1826
intensification1864
richening1881
hotting-up1940
1940 Times 25 Apr. 7/6 There may have been other reasons for the adventure, such as to produce a general ‘hotting-up’ of the war before Great Britain and the British Empire were fully armed.
1959 Mod. Law. Rev. 22 702 The hotting-up of the colour-bar controversy.
1978 Economist 7 Oct. 93 Most international forecasters..feel that the hotting up of the economy has been postponed but not averted.
2007 Cape Times (Nexis) 21 Nov. 10 A hotting up of industrial strife.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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