喜樂美語

核心畫面

Picture touching something with a high temperature — boiling water, a summer pavement, an oven door — and the urge to pull your hand back. 'Hot' starts as that physical heat, and almost everything else is that same heat carried into other parts of life: a heat of feeling, a heat of activity, a heat of danger.

可以想成你的手碰到一個高溫的東西——剛燒開的水、夏天曬燙的柏油路、烤箱的門——本能地縮手的那一刻。hot 最原始比較…更多收起可以想成你的手碰到一個高溫的東西——剛燒開的水、夏天曬燙的柏油路、烤箱的門——本能地縮手的那一刻。hot 最原始比較像這種摸得到的高溫；後面幾乎所有用法，都是把同一股「熱」帶進生活的別處：情緒的熱、活動的熱、危險的熱。

原始詞典資料40 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

hotadj/hɒt/

  • 1

    Relating to heat and conditions which produce it.

    • He forgot that the frying pan was hot and burned his hand.
    • It is too hot to be outside.
  • 2

    Relating to heat and conditions which produce it.

    • I was so hot from being in the sun too long.
    • Aren't you hot with that thick coat on?
  • 3

    Relating to heat and conditions which produce it.

  • 4

    Active, in use or ready for use (like a bullet or a firing range), turned on (like a microphone or camera).

    • The microphone was hot and the show was on the air.
    • So I just blurted out, "This is really a fucking way to make a living, huh?" […] The microphone was hot, and I knew I was in trouble. The radio management came to my house and suspended me immediately.
  • 5

    Active, in use or ready for use (like a bullet or a firing range), turned on (like a microphone or camera).

    • a hot wire
  • 6

    informalActive, in use or ready for use (like a bullet or a firing range), turned on (like a microphone or camera).

  • 7

    Active, in use or ready for use (like a bullet or a firing range), turned on (like a microphone or camera).

    • We need to keep the old drone production line going while it's still hot, or it'll be difficult to restart it.
  • 8

    Relating to excited emotions.

    • Be careful, he has a hot temper and may take it out on you.
另外 20 個記錄的用法
  • 9

    Relating to excited emotions.

    • He saw many hot girls at the concert.
    • That stripper is hot!
  • 10

    Relating to excited emotions.

    • There was only one problem. Paul was HIV positive. And just a few weeks after his hot encounter with Max, a letter arrived for him, containing some legalese about HIV infection being a criminal act, with a few chilling words
  • 11

    slangRelating to excited emotions.

    • Enough foreplay! You’ve gotten me so hot already!
  • 12

    slangRelating to excited emotions.

    • hot for her English teacher
  • 13

    informalRelating to popularity, quality, or the state of being interesting.

    • He's a hot young player; we should give him a trial.
  • 14

    Relating to popularity, quality, or the state of being interesting.

    • This new pickup is so hot we can't keep it in stock!
    • And in 1975 one of the hottest Austin ensembles was the posthippie western swing revivalist group known as Asleep at the Wheel.
  • 15

    Relating to popularity, quality, or the state of being interesting.

    • a hot topic
    • The bluebloods of golf began pouring into the sweltering nation’s capital yesterday for the 64th U.S. Open championship, and the hottest topic was not Arnold Palmer or Jack Nicklaus, but Champagne Tony Lema.
  • 16

    Relating to popularity, quality, or the state of being interesting.

    • "Keep going! You're hot tonight!" urged Wally.
    • The ball lands on the fairway, just a couple of yards in front of the green. "Nice shot Sarah! You're hot today!" Jenny says.
  • 17

    Relating to popularity, quality, or the state of being interesting.

    • A kid can stand in the street and sell newspapers, if the headlines are hot.
    • Some of these publications show signs of hasty production, indicating that they were written while the news was hot.
  • 18

    computingengineeringmathematicsRelating to popularity, quality, or the state of being interesting.

    • Optimise hot code paths first.
  • 19

    Relating to danger or risk.

    • The car sped along. She kept her foot permanently on the accelerator, and took every corner at an acute angle. Two motorists we passed looked out of their windows outraged as she swept by, and one pedestrian in a lane waved his stick at her. I felt rather hot for her. She did not seem to notice though. I crouched lower in my seat.
    • I've been living here a few weeks and it's starting to get a little hot for me … I've written myself out of several states in the last six years.
  • 20

    slangRelating to danger or risk.

    • I wouldn't speed through here if I was you. This area is hot this time of night.
  • 21

    slangRelating to danger or risk.

    • hot merchandise
    • The camera was hot. Buying a hot camera was a parole violation.
  • 22

    slangRelating to danger or risk.

    • I wouldn't trust him. He gave me a hot check last week.
  • 23

    slangRelating to danger or risk.

    • The solider was discharged from the military after he pissed hot for cocaine.
  • 24

    Very close to finding or guessing something to be found or guessed.

    • Am I warm yet? — You're hot!
    • He was hot on her tail.
  • 25

    Spicy, pungent, piquant, as some chilis and other spices are.

    • This kind of chili pepper is way too hot for my taste.
  • 26

    Loud, producing a strong electric signal for the amplifier or other sound equipment.

  • 27

    slangUsed to emphasize the short duration or small quantity of something

    • He was finished in a hot minute.
    • I dated him for a hot second.
  • 28

    slangExtremely fast or with great speed.

    • That plane's coming in hot!
    • a hot pass

hotadv/hɒt/

  • 1

    Hotly; at a high temperature.

    • Oak burns hot and lasts a long time. Its smoke is a medium to heavy flavor but not too overpowering. It leaves a buttersmooth, nutty finish.
  • 2

    Rapidly, quickly.

    • Whatever happened, braking into the next-to-last hairpin, a blue-sky turn called Cog Cut, Durelle went in too hot.
    • He went in hotter than he could have, the Cforce snugging him into the bucket seat. At the first switchback, there was already a hundred-foot drop-off […]
  • 3

    While shooting, while firing one's weapon(s).

    • to come in hot; to go in hot
    • We would pop over the riverbank and come down hot (shooting) on a designated target. […] We started rolling in hot with rockets, then suddenly we started taking fire from the […]

hotverb/hɒt/

  • 1

    To heat; to make or become hot.

  • 2

    To become lively or exciting.

    • Turf war's hotting up.

hotnoun/hɒt/

  • 1

    A hot meal, usually in the phrase "three hots" (i.e. three hot meals per day) or derivations such as three hots and a cot.

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