单词 | to hot up |
释义 | > as lemmasto hot up to hot up colloquial. 1. a. transitive. To heat (something) up. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > heating or making hot > heat or make hot [verb (transitive)] lew971 anheatOE heatc1000 warmOE hota1200 enchafec1374 eschaufec1374 chafea1382 achafea1400 calefy1526 heaten1559 glow1599 foment1658 to hot up1846 sultry1897 1846 J. T. J. Hewlett Great Tom of Oxf. III. xv. 263 Please, miss, cookey only hotted it up by master's orders. 1878 M. E. Braddon Open Verdict xix. 139 I'll go and get things hotted up for you. 1913 E. Phillpotts Widecombe Fair 29 You'd better hot up some more poultices. 1928 J. Galsworthy Swan Song ii. iv. 138 Let me hot up your stew. 1989 O. S. Card Prentice Alvin xv. 210 If you don't mind hotting up your stove there, we can get water from Gertie's well yonder and set it to steaming in no time. b. intransitive. To become hot, to heat up. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > be hot [verb (intransitive)] > become hot heata700 chafe1393 heatenc1540 to hot up1897 1897 H. E. Browning Girl's Wanderings in Hungary 159 She fetched the iron pot with some soup in it, and put it on to ‘hot up’. 1967 M. Chandler Ceramics in Mod. World iv. 132 The higher the frequency the more the insulator will hot up. 1984 A. Mockler Haile Selassie's War v. 62 On the first day, only twenty-two miles out, the little Fiat-Ansaldo tanks hotted up to 120 degrees. 2. transitive. To alter (an engine, vehicle, or component) so as to increase its power and acceleration, or to improve some other characteristic; cf. soup v. 3. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > machines which impart power > engine > operate engine [verb (transitive)] > increase power or efficiency to hot up1920 soup1931 stretch1960 1920 Times 29 June 11/3 The principal way in which an engine of normal external appearance is ‘hotted up’ is in modifications of the valve gear. 1945 Jrnl. Royal Aeronaut. Soc. 49 205/1 The Americans have had considerable success in ‘hotting up’ engines once intended for airline use. 1948 G. Frost Flying Squad v. 55 Many of the processes involved in hotting up these cars are of a confidential nature, but two mechanical secrets of the Squad can be revealed. 1950 Hansard Commons 472 2036 Our present submarines are being ‘hotted-up’ with fast battery drive. 1984 W. L. Mitchell & A. Girdler Corvette (new ed.) 10 I'd probably be a Buick dealer today, hotting up somebody else's cars instead of my own. 1996 G. E. White Offenhauser 12/2 Many other drivers and mechanics had their own cams ground to hot up Miller's conservative valve timing. 3. a. intransitive. Of an activity: to become more intense. Also: (of an adverse situation) to become increasingly difficult or uncomfortable. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > increase in quantity, amount, or degree > [verb (intransitive)] > in intensity or degree waxc897 reforce1490 rise1594 fortify1605 strengthena1616 harden1625 intend1655 thicken1672 exasperate1742 intensify1853 thick1879 to hot up1922 to build up1936 1922 P. G. Wodehouse in Cosmopolitan Dec. 126/2 ‘Things are hotting up.’ ‘What's happened now?’ 1936 P. G. Wodehouse Laughing Gas xiii. 146 It did not need a razorlike intelligence to show me that things were hotting up, and that flight was the only course. 1958 Daily Mail 3 Sept. 1/2 The cold war being fought out between Britain and Iceland in the rich fishing grounds of the northern seas hotted up yesterday. 1969 Times 28 July 18/6 (heading) Pacific air route battle hots up. 1979 M. Leigh Abigail's Party i, in Abigail's Party & Goose-pimples 24 The party certainly seems to be hotting up at your place. 2005 Cosmopolitan Aug. 15/1 I'd been meeting up with this gorgeous brunette..for a few days and it was hotting up between us. b. transitive. To make a situation difficult or uncomfortable for (a person). Cf. hot adj. 9a. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > of difficulty: beset (a person) [verb (transitive)] > put (a person) in difficulty mire?c1400 to make (a place, situation, etc.) too hot for1582 difficult1641 to wind (oneself) a (bonny) pirn1660 swamp1818 to be rough on1860 taigle1865 soup1895 hot1920 to hot up1927 1927 C. D. Bruce Hist. Duke of Wellington's Regiment 65 We hotted them up with gun fire at irregular intervals throughout the day. c. transitive. To intensify (an activity). Also: to make (an adverse situation) more difficult or uncomfortable. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > increase in quantity, amount, or degree > [verb (transitive)] > increase the intensity of multiplya1398 sharpenc1450 heighten1523 height1528 strengthen1546 aggravate1549 enhance1559 intend1603 enrich1620 re-enforce1625 wheel1632 reinforce1660 support1691 richen1795 to give a weight to1796 intensify1817 exalt1850 intensate1856 to step up1920 to hot up1937 ramp1981 1937 Times 16 Sept. 14/4 A telegram..saying that if ‘Mr. X’ did not pay the £140 a writ would be issued. That..was done with the idea of ‘hotting up’ things a bit for ‘Mr. X’. 1958 Times 12 Aug. 7/2 The General Assembly is the place to hot things up. 1973 Guardian 28 May 2 The need to avoid actions which would ‘hot up this cod war’. 1984 Daily Tel. 24 Sept. 16/1 Acorn launched its bid for a share of the business computer market..and is therefore hotting up an already-feverish competition. d. transitive. To make (something or occasionally someone) more lively or exciting. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > cheerfulness > make cheerful [verb (transitive)] > make cheerful and lively alacriate1560 enlivea1617 enliven1701 frisk1802 liven1821 pearten1851 effervesce1866 to liven up1873 to hot up1929 goose1970 to funk up1972 to funk out1995 1929 Rhythm Feb. 9/2 Hugh..handles his band very judiciously, playing fairly straight, but ‘hotting it up’ when the crowd gets going. 1939 R. Lehmann No More Music 56 You seem to have hotted her up nicely. 1941 Musical Times Oct. 375/2 A classical or semi-classical musical work being ‘hotted up’ to suit what they possibly imagine is the popular taste. 1958 J. Carew Wild Coast xii. 161 The drummerboys hotted up the rhythm. 1994 New Yorker 21 Feb. 106/1 Orton had already made a mental note to hot up the new play. 2001 P. Fletcher World Musics in Context iv. xvi. 576 Tunes from the minstrel shows were hotted up. < as lemmas |
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