| 单词 | hot |
| 释义 | hot (once / 54 pages) 1adj 2adj 3adj 4adj 5adj 6adj 7adj Hot is the opposite of cold. This could mean a hot day in July, a baseball team on a hot streak, or a hot bikini model. Most meanings of hot have to do with heat: what makes us sweat. A stove can be red hot. Spicy food is hot, and newspapers used to be "hot off the presses" because the printing process actually warmed the paper. New things are often referred to as hot — like a hot new band. Stolen property is also called hot because you can't hold onto it too long or it will burn you — though perhaps not in the usual way. WORD FAMILYhot: hotly, hotness, hotter, hottest, hottish USAGE EXAMPLESDrones are among this year’s hottest holiday gifts. Time(Dec 01, 2016) Now, he beamed, “It’s the hottest, it’s like, trending all over the world…So we like that expression.” Economist(Dec 01, 2016) Like other EU countries, France blows hot and cold on Russia. Economist(Dec 01, 2016) 1 1adj used of physical heat; having a high or higher than desirable temperature or giving off heat or feeling or causing a sensation of heat or burning hot stove hot water a hot August day a hot stuffy room she's hot and tired a hot forehead Syn|Ant baking, baking hot as hot as if in an oven blistering, blisteryhot enough to raise (or as if to raise) blisters calefacient, warmingproducing the sensation of heat when applied to the body calefactive, calefactoryserving to heat calorifacientproducing heat; usually used of foods calorificheat-generating fervent, fervidextremely hot fiery, igneouslike or suggestive of fire heatablecapable of becoming hot heated, heated up, het, het upmade warm or hot (`het' is a dialectal variant of `heated') hottishsomewhat hot overheatedheated beyond a safe or desirable point red-hotglowing red with heat scorchinghot and dry enough to burn or parch a surface sizzlinghot enough to burn with or as if with a hissing sound stifling, sulfurous, sulphurous, sultrycharacterized by oppressive heat and humidity sweltering, sweltryexcessively hot and humid or marked by sweating and faintness thermalcaused by or designed to retain heat torridextremely hot tropic, tropicalof weather or climate; hot and humid as in the tropics white, white-hotglowing white with heat warmhaving or producing a comfortable and agreeable degree of heat or imparting or maintaining heat cold having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration frozenturned into ice; affected by freezing or by long and severe cold acoldof persons; feeling cold algidchilly arctic, frigid, gelid, glacial, icy, polarextremely cold bleak, cutting, rawunpleasantly cold and damp chilly, parkyappreciably or disagreeably cold crisp, frosty, nipping, nippy, snappypleasantly cold and invigorating frigorificcausing cold; cooling or chilling frorevery cold frosty, rimed, rimycovered with frost heatlesswithout generating heat ice-coldas cold as ice refrigerant, refrigeratingcausing cooling or freezing refrigeratedmade or kept cold by refrigeration shiverycold enough to cause shivers stone-coldcompletely cold unheated, unwarmednot having been heated or warmed coolneither warm nor very cold; giving relief from heat 2adj producing a burning sensation on the taste nerves 2hot salsa jalapeno peppers are very hot Syn spicy tasty pleasing to the sense of taste 1adj extended meanings; especially of psychological heat; marked by intensity or vehemence especially of passion or enthusiasm a hot temper a hot topic a hot new book a hot love affair a hot argument Syn|Ant fiery, flaming very intense heatedmarked by emotional heat; vehement red-hot, sizzlingcharacterized by intense emotion or interest or excitement sensual, sultrysexually exciting or gratifying torridemotionally charged and vigorously energetic white-hotintensely zealous or fervid passionatehaving or expressing strong emotions cold extended meanings; especially of psychological coldness; without human warmth or emotion emotionless, passionlessunmoved by feeling frigid, frosty, frozen, glacial, icy, wintrydevoid of warmth and cordiality; expressive of unfriendliness or disdain passionlessnot passionate coolpsychologically cool and unenthusiastic; unfriendly or unresponsive or showing dislike 2adj characterized by violent and forceful activity or movement; very intense the fighting became hot and heavy a hot engagement Syn raging violent acting with or marked by or resulting from great force or energy or emotional intensity 3adj (color) bold and intense hot pink Syn warm (color) inducing the impression of warmth; used especially of reds and oranges and yellows 4adj marked by excited activity a hot week on the stock market Syn active characterized by energetic activity 5adj sexually excited or exciting was hot for her hot pants Syn sexy marked by or tending to arouse sexual desire or interest 6adj having or showing great eagerness or enthusiasm hot for travel Syn agog, eager having or showing keen interest or intense desire or impatient expectancy 7adj of a seeker; very near to the object sought 3you are hot Syn close, near, nigh not far distant in time or space or degree or circumstances 1adj performed or performing with unusually great skill and daring and energy a hot drummer he's hot tonight Syn skilled having or showing or requiring special skill 2adj very fast; capable of quick response and great speed a hot sports car got off to a hot start in hot pursuit a red- hot line drive Syn blistering, red-hot fast acting or moving or capable of acting or moving quickly 3adj having or bringing unusually good luck hot at craps the dice are hot tonight Syn lucky having or bringing good fortune 4adj very good; often used in the negative he's hot at math but not so hot at history Syn good having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified 5adj very popular or successful 4one of the hot young talents cabbage patch dolls were hot last season Syn popular regarded with great favor, approval, or affection especially by the general public 1adj newest or most recent news hot off the press red- hot information Syn red-hot new not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered 2adj newly made 5a hot scent Syn fresh recently made, produced, or harvested 1adj recently stolen or smuggled hot merchandise a hot car Syn illegal prohibited by law or by official or accepted rules 2adj wanted by the police 6a hot suspect Syn wanted desired or wished for or sought 1adj having or dealing with dangerously high levels of radioactivity hot fuel rods a hot laboratory Syn radioactive exhibiting or caused by radioactivity 2adj charged or energized with electricity 7a hot wire Syn live charged of a particle or body or system; having a net amount of positive or negative electric charge adj very unpleasant or even dangerous make it hot for him in the hot seat in hot water Syn unpleasant disagreeable to the senses, to the mind, or feelings |
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