| 单词 | to go hot and cold |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto go (all) hot and cold c. to go (all) hot and cold and variants: to experience alternate sensations of heat and cold, as from fear, shock, or embarrassment; (also in weakened use) to feel uneasy, embarrassed, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > surprise, unexpectedness > happen or move unexpectedly [verb (intransitive)] > feel surprised to think wonder (also ferly)lOE to have wondera1400 admirec1429 startle1562 to think (it) strange of (or concerning)1585 to come short?1611 strange1639 to think (it) much1669 admirize1702 to go (all) hot and cold1845 to take to1862 surprise1943 not to know (or to wonder) what hit one1961 1845 A. Marsh Mount Sorel I. xiii. 228 I went hot and cold as he said this, and remembered the faint shriek I had heard. 1888 Lady D. Hardy Dangerous Exper. III. iv. 84 I trembled and went hot and cold. 1928 Daily Mail 3 Aug. 10/6 The figures given..as to my earnings..made me go all hot and cold—I wonder what I can have done with all that money! 1952 Musical Times 93 35 Then you go ‘hot and cold all over’ and wish you could slink out of the hall without being seen or recognized. 1973 A. Price October Men v. 64 His wife had said..that she had gone ‘all hot and cold’ after nearly being run over. 1999 New Yorker 2 Aug. 40/1 I still go hot and cold when I think of that moment. < as lemmas |
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