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If you have the hots for someone, you want them in a sexual way — you find them very attractive, and it is the body talking, not only liking their personality. English speakers do not say this as a simple verb to hots; they use the noun in that set phrase, have the hots for.
If you have the hots for someone如果你have the hots for someone(對某人有性吸引力), you want them in a sexual way代表你在性方面想要那個人 — you find them very attractive你覺得他們非常吸引人, and it is the body talking而且這是身體在說話, not only liking their personality而不只是喜歡他們的個性。English speakers do not say this英文使用者不會把這個 as a simple verb to hots當作簡單動詞「to hots」來說; they use the noun他們是用名詞 in that set phrase, have the hots for放進have the hots for這個固定片語裡。
It is informal, a bit teenage, a bit gossip-y, and a bit old-fashioned now; younger people may say they fancy someone, they are into someone, or they have a crush, which can be softer. The hots is stronger and more physical than a shy crush.
It is informal這是口語用法, a bit teenage有點青少年感, a bit gossip-y有點像八卦, and a bit old-fashioned now現在也有點過時了; younger people年輕人 may say they fancy someone可能會說fancy someone, they are into someone或是into someone, or they have a crush或說have a crush, which can be softer這些可以比較含蓄。The hots而the hots is stronger and more physical比較強烈、比較偏肉體 than a shy crush比起害羞的暗戀來說。
You would not use it in a formal essay, or about a child's feelings. Though actually, it can be half-joking among friends, and it is usually about a person, not a thing.
You would not use it你不會用它 in a formal essay在正式的文章裡, or about a child's feelings或用來講小孩子的感情。Though actually不過事實上, it can be half-joking它可以是半開玩笑的 among friends在朋友之間, and it is usually about a person而且通常是指一個人, not a thing而不是一件東西。
組成From hot, used as a noun in the set phrase the hots. The hot is the attracted/sexy sense, not temperature.
同家族的字
- hotthe same hot that can mean attracted or sexy, turned into a noun in this phrase
原始詞典資料3 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。
hotsnoun
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slangA condition of physical attraction toward (for) someone.
- I mean, this girl obviously has the hots for you man. Why do you think she's calling you?
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形:
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。