每年到了盛夏,出门就变成格外困难的事情,每每踏出空调房,十步开外都算远方。
当我们描述夏天时,我们总会用上诸如“夏日炎炎”、“酷暑难耐”、“骄阳似火”、“烈日当空”等一系列词汇,也就是英语里的hot…
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“天热”还能怎么说?
(天气)炎热的
scorching hot
baking hot
roasting hot
boiling hot
broiling hot
a scorching hot week in August 八月里炎热的一周
(天气)闷热的,热得令人难受的
stifling hot
sweltering hot
unbearably hot
The office gets unbearably hot in summer. 在夏天,办公室里热得让人受不了。
hot的其他用法
piping hot (食物)热腾腾的
Serve the soup piping hot. 汤要热腾腾地端上来。
red hot (物体或表面)炽热的,热得发红
The handle was red hot. 那个把手烫得发红。
white hot (金属)白热的
He held the metal in the flame until it became white hot. 他把金属放在火中烧至白热。
be hot at doing sth. 非常擅长做某事
She's pretty hot at swimming,too. 她也很擅长游泳。
not so hot/not very hot 不太行的
Some of the tracks on the record are great,but others are not so hot. 那张唱片有些曲目很好,有些却不怎么样。
I don’t feel too hot/so hot/very hot 我有点不舒服
I'm not feeling too hot today. 我今天不太舒服
in hot pursuit (因想抓住某人而)紧追其后,穷追不舍
The car sped away,with the police in hot pursuit. 汽车飞驰而去,警察在后面紧追不舍。
hot on sb's trail/tail 紧紧跟着某人
The other car was hot on his tail. 另一辆汽车紧紧跟着他。
hot on sb's heels 紧随某人之后
Mrs Bass's dog was already hot on his heels. 巴斯太太的狗已经紧紧跟着他了。
come/follow hot on the heels of sth 紧接某事之后发生
The news came hot on the heels of another plane crash. 这个消息是紧接在另一场坠机事故之后传来的。
a hot issue/topic 热门话题
The affair was a hot topic of conversation. 那件事成了热门话题
hot favourite 最热门的参赛者
be hot on/for sb. 迷恋某人
be hot on sth 熟知某事物;对某事物要求很严格
be hot for sth 渴望某事物
in the hot seat 处于责任重大的位置
in hot water (因做错事而)陷入困境
get hot under the collar (尤指为小事)发怒,生气
I don't understand why people are getting so hot under the collar about it. 我不明白为什么人们为这件事如此愤怒。
blow/go hot and cold 摇摆不定,反复无常
She keeps blowing hot and cold about the wedding. 她对要不要举行婚礼犹豫不决。
go hot and cold (因害怕、担心或震惊而)感到浑身一阵热一阵冷
more sth. than you’ve had hot dinners 做某事比你吃过的饭还多
She's delivered more babies than you've had hot dinners. 她接生过的孩子比你吃过的饭还多。
看完以后我已经快要不认识【hot】了,万万没想到这个我小学就会的单词竟然还有着这么多我不知道的用法!
不愧是你,朗文当代高级英语辞典
学单词它是认真的!

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